Coronary calcium screening and the American Heart Association news embargo

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 3504-3505

  Loscalzo, Joseph ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^b   Jacobs, Alice K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Editorial policies; Editorials; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10044285986     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000151096.25445.34     Document Type: Editorial

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