Quantitative assessment of atherosclerosis by electron beam tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1416-1419

  Teichholz, Louis Evan ^a   Petrillo, Sabrina ^a   Larson, Alfred Joseph ^a   Klig, Victor ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037114795     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02890-4     Document Type: Article

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