Prognostic significance of coronary artery calcium in asymptomatic subjects with usual cardiovascular risk

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 542-548

  Alexopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b   Toulgaridis, Theodoros ^a   Davlouros, Periklis ^a   Christodoulou, John ^a   Sitafidis, George ^a   Hahalis, George ^a   Vagenakis, Apostolos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0037351270     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.169     Document Type: Article

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