Coronary artery calcium evaluation by electron beam computed tomography and its relation to new cardiovascular events

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-498

  Wong, Nathan D ^a   Hsu, Jeffrey C ^a   Detrano, Robert C ^b   Diamond, George ^c   Eisenberg, Harvey ^d   Gardin, Julius M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HealthView Ctr for Prev Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034284432     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01000-6     Document Type: Article

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