Electron beam tomography and National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines in asymptomatic women

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1506-1511

  Ledru, François ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^b   Battaglia, Salvatore ^a   Courbon, Dominique ^b   Beverelli, Fabrice ^a   Guize, Louis ^a   Guermonprez, Jean Léon ^a   Diébold, Benoît ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ARIZONA; CALCINOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035038799     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01211-6     Document Type: Article

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