Evidence for lower variability of coronary artery calcium mineral mass measurements by multi-detector computed tomography in a community-based cohort - Consequences for progression studies

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 396-402

  Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Siebert, Uwe ^a   Bull Stewart, Arabella ^b   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Moselewski, Fabian ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Massaro, Joseph M ^b   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Coronary artery disease; Measurement variability; Multi detector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES;

CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES; MEASUREMENT VARIABILITY; MULTI-DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CALCIUM; MINERAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32844457747     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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