Quantification of coronary calcium (calcium score) through the use of new imaging technique and its prognostic role in different patient subgroups;Quantificazione del calcio coronarico (calcium score) attraverso l'utilizzo di nuove tecniche di imaging e suo ruolo prognostico in vari sottogruppi di pazienti

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 477-480

  Ratti, Carlo ^a   Grimaldi, Teresa ^a   Ligabue, Guido ^a   Favali, Marco ^a   Bursi, Francesca ^a   Rossi, Rosario ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a   Romagnoli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29244452000     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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