Electron-beam computed tomography for coronary calcium: A useful test to screen for coronary heart disease?

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2897-2901

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CORONARY ARTERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28944454644     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.22.2897     Document Type: Note

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