Gender and age differences in the prevalence of coronary artery calcification in 953 Chinese subjects

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-73

  Shisen, Jiang ^a   Leung, Dominic Y C ^b   Juergens, Craig P ^b  

^a JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Coronary calcification; EBCT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 21244500913     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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