Prognostic implications of absolute and relative calcium scores

Herz

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 252-259

  Raggi, Paolo ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disaese; Coronary atherosclerosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING;

EID: 0034963681     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00002028     Document Type: Article

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