Non-invasive assessment of coronary calcification

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1063-1072

  Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Epidemiology; Imaging; Myocardial infarction; Population

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13644249914     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-6527-2     Document Type: Review

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