Usefulness of spiral computed tomography (dual-slice mode) for the detection of coronary artery calcium in patients with chronic atypical chest pain, in typical angina pectoris, and in asymptomatic subjects with prominent atherosclerotic risk factors

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 226-228

  Shemesh, Joseph ^a,d   Weg, Noah ^b   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a   Apter, Sara ^c   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a   Stroh, Chaim I ^a   Itzchak, Yacov ^c   Motro, Michael ^a  

^a Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute   (Israel)

^b Dr Noah Weg and Associates   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035863607     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01325-4     Document Type: Article

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