Usefulness of helical computed tomography in detection of mitral annular calcification as a marker of coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Adler, Yehuda ^a   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a   Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Tanne, David ^a   Hovav, Boaz ^a   Motro, Michael ^a   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary artery disease; Helical CT; Mitral annulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 19344373429     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.044     Document Type: Article

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