Is Coronary Artery Calcium Mass Related to Agatston Score?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Hong, Cheng ^a   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a   Zhu, Fang ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary vessels; Experimental study; Screening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1442330151     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00714-1     Document Type: Article

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