Estimation of cardiac event risk by MDCT

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue ISSUENR. 2, 2005, Pages

  Becker, Christoph R ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac event risk; Coronary calcium; CT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 15844416835     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-005-0091-z     Document Type: Article

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