Severity of coronary artery calcification by electron beam computed tomography predicts silent myocardial ischemia

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-251

  He, Zuo Xiang ^a   Hedrick, Thomas D ^b   Pratt, Craig M ^b   Verani, Mario S ^b   Aquino, Vincent ^c   Roberts, Robert ^b   Mahmarian, John J ^b,d  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Woodlands North Houston Heart Center   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Ischemia; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034711680     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.3.244     Document Type: Article

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