Prognostic value of coronary electron-beam computed tomography for coronary heart disease events in asymptomatic populations

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 945-948

  O'Malley, Patrick G ^a,c   Taylor, Allen J ^b,c   Jackson, Jeffrey L ^c,d   Doherty, Terence M ^d   Detrano, Robert C ^a,b,c,d  

^a General Internal Medicine Service   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034655524     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00906-6     Document Type: Article

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