Electron-beam computed tomography screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-53

  Bielak, Lawrence F ^b   Peyser, Patricia A ^b   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEX; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037244458     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-198X(03)00008-7     Document Type: Review

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