Differential coronary artery calcification detected by electron beam computed tomography as an indicator of coronary stenosis among patients with stable angina pectoris

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 667-676

  Chen, L C ^a   Chen, J W ^a   Wu, M H ^a   Liu, J C ^a   Lan, G Y ^a   Wu, T C ^a   Chern, M S ^a   Chang, C Y ^a   Chang, M S ^a   Ding, P Y A ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Coronary disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME X;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034923641     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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