Variability of repeated coronary artery calcium measurements by electron beam tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 210-213

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a,c   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^b   Schmermund, Axel ^b   Muschiol, Gerd ^a   Groth, Jutta ^a   Kusus, Magda ^a   Regenfus, Matthias ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^b   Moshage, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035863635     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01319-9     Document Type: Article

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