Clinical use of coronary calcium scanning with computed tomography

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-547

  Rumberger, John A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CALCIUM SCANNING; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0348109356     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(03)00089-4     Document Type: Review

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