Coronary artery calcification and subclinical atherosclerosis: What's the score?

British Columbia Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Forster, Bruce B ^a,b,c   Isserow, Saul ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Canada Diagnostic Centres   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 20444456154     PISSN: 00070556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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