Calcified coronary artery plaque measurement with cardiac CT in population-based studies: Standardized protocol of Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-43

  Carr, J Jeffrey ^a   Nelson, Jennifer Clark ^b   Wong, Nathan D ^c   McNitt Gray, Michael ^d   Arad, Yadon ^e   Jacobs Jr , David R ^f   Sidney, Stephan ^g   Bild, Diane E ^h   Williams, O Dale ⁱ   Detrano, Robert C ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10644277990     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2341040439     Document Type: Review

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