Prevalence and clinical significance of accidental findings in electron-beam tomographic scans for coronary artery calcification

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1748-1758

  Hunold, P ^a   Schmermund, A ^a   Seibel, R M ^b   Gronemeyer D H ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery; Coronary artery calcium; Electron beam tomography; Non invasive imaging; Thoracic organs

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034835058     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2000.2586     Document Type: Article

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