Framingham risk equation underestimates subclinical atherosclerosis risk in asymptomatic women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Michos, Erin D ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a,b   Braunstein, Joel B ^a   Rumberger, John A ^c   Budoff, Matthew J ^d   Post, Wendy S ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Framingham risk equation; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28344448645     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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