Calcium concentration of individual coronary calcified plaques as measured by multidetector row computed tomography

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3236-3241

  Moselewski, Fabian ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Massaro, Joe ^b   Nguyen, Ann ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Calcification, physiologic; Coronary disease; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21044436788     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.489781     Document Type: Article

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