Coronary calcium detected by digital cinefluoroscopy and coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary arteriography: Effects of age and sex

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Alexopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Toulgaridis, Theodoros ^a   Davlouros, Periklis ^a   Christodoulou, John ^a   Stathopoulos, Christos ^a   Hahalis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary artery disease; Fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037306532     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00209-7     Document Type: Article

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