Atherosclerosis imaging and calcified plaque: Coronary artery disease risk assessment

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-148

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0141858724     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(03)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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