Coronary artery calcium outperforms carotid artery intima-media thickness as a noninvasive index of prevalent coronary artery stenosis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1723-1728

  Terry, James G ^a   Carr, J Jeffrey ^a   Tang, Rong ^a   Evans, Gregory W ^a   Kouba, Ethel O ^a   Shi, Rong ^a   Cook, Delilah R ^a   Vieira, Jose L C ^a   Espeland, Mark A ^a   Mercuri, Michele F ^a,b   Crouse III, John R ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 23244458096     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000173418.42264.19     Document Type: Article

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