Coronary calcium as an atherosclerosis marker;Il calcio coronarico come marker precoce di aterosclerosi

Annali Italiani di Medicina Interna

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Ratti, Carlo ^a   Chiurlia, Emilio ^a   Menozzi, Mila ^a   Barbieri, Andrea ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary calcifications; Multislice spiral computed tomography; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM;

CALCINOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33644621104     PISSN: 03939340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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