Coronary Artery Disease: New Insights into the Pathophysiology, Prevalence, and Early Detection of a Monster Menace

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Slater, James ^a   Rill, Velisar ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442496610     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sult.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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