Noninvasive quantification of coronary artery calcification: Methods and prognostic value

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages

  Halliburton, Sandra S ^a   Stillman, Arthur E ^a   White, Richard D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; CALCINOSIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036046568     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.69.suppl_3.s6     Document Type: Review

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