Non-invasive assessment of atherosclerosis risk

Current Drug Targets - Cardiovascular and Haematological Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-128

  Spence, J David ^a   Hegele, Robert A ^b  

^a Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOAM CELL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2442570587     PISSN: 15680061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568006043336294     Document Type: Review

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