Clinical and angiographic profile of patients with markedly elevated coronary calcium scores (≥1000) detected by electron beam computed tomography

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 109-112

  Almeda, Francis Q ^a,b,e   Shah, Rima ^c   Senter, Shaun ^a,b   Kason, Thomas T ^a,b   Haynie, Justin ^a,b   Calvin, James E ^a,b   Kavinsky, Clifford J ^a,b   Snell, R Jeffrey ^a,b   Schaer, Gary L ^a,b   McLaughlin, Vallerie V ^d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Rush Westlake Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Ingalls Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Angioplasty; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium; Electron beam computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 13944279596     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrad.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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