Correlation of coronary calcification and angiographically documented stenoses in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: Results of 1,764 patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 451-457

  Haberl, Ralph ^a,b   Becker, Alexander ^a   Leber, Alexander ^a   Knez, Andreas ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Lang, Christine ^a   Brüning, Roland ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Munich Grosshadern Campus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035137052     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01119-0     Document Type: Article

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