Coronary calcification and predicted risk of coronary heart disease in asymptomatic men with hypercholesterolaemia

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 349-353

  Elkeles, Robert S ^a   Dunlop, Alex ^a   Thompson, Gilbert R ^a   Neuwirth, Clare ^a   Gibson, Kirstie ^c   Rubens, Michael B ^b   Underwood, S Richard ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BUPA Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropometry; blood lipids; blood pressure; coronary artery disease; older athletes; physical activity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARITHMETIC; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036927997     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182670200900608     Document Type: Article

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