Improving coronary heart disease risk assessment in asymptomatic people: Role of traditional risk factors and noninvasive cardiovascular tests

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1863-1867

  Greenland, Philip ^a   Smith Jr, Sidney C ^b   Grundy, Scott M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Prevention; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035834030     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4201.097189     Document Type: Review

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