High coronary artery calcium scores pose an extremely elevated risk for hard events

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-230

  Wayhs, Roberto ^a   Zelinger, Allan ^a   Raggi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037116565     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01737-5     Document Type: Article

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