Women with a low Framingham risk score and a family history of premature coronary heart disease have a high prevalence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1276-1281

  Michos, Erin D ^a   Vasamreddy, Chandrasekhar R ^a   Becker, Diane M ^a   Yanek, Lisa R ^a   Moy, Taryn F ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Becker, Lewis C ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 28844499541     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.02.037     Document Type: Article

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