Coronary calcium as a risk factor: Role in global risk assessment

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1512-1515

  Song, Jae Kwan ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^a   Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Lim, Tae Hwan ^a   Song, Meong Gun ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035037467     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01224-4     Document Type: Editorial

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