Simple scoring scheme for calculating the risk of acute coronary events based on the 10-year follow-up of the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) study

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 310-315

  Assmann, Gerd ^a   Cullen, Paul ^a   Schulte, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0037154285     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0302.102575     Document Type: Article

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