Clinical significance of cavernous carotid calcifications encountered on head computed tomography scans performed on patients seen in the emergency department

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-509

  Ptak, Thomas ^a   Hunter, George H ^a   Avakian, Rosalyn ^b   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Carotid disease; Head computed tomography (CT); Predictor; Systemic disease

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; EMERGENCY ROOMS; SIPHONS;

ARTERIOSCLEROSE; CARDIAC DISEASE; CAROTID DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEAD COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PREDICTOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

BONE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAROTID SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0042205317     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00009     Document Type: Article

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