Electron-beam tomography coronary calcium scores are superior to framingham risk variables for predicting the measured proximal stenosis burden

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 23-26

  Brown, B Greg ^a   Morse, Josh ^a   Zhao, Xue Qiao ^a   Cheung, Marian ^a   Marino, Emily ^b   Albers, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0035913079     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01753-2     Document Type: Article

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