Coronary artery disease progression assessed by electron-beam computed tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 46-50

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a,c   Raggi, Paolo ^b  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0035913080     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01767-2     Document Type: Article

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