Guidelines for interpretation of electron beam computed tomography calcium scores from the Dallas Heart Disease Prevention Project

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1387-1388

  Watkins, Stanley P ^a   Andrews, Thomas C ^a,b  

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

^b Consultants In Cardiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0035876884     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01558-2     Document Type: Note

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