Relationship of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and National Cholesterol Education Panel guidelines in asymptomatic Brazilian men

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-75

  Nasir, Khurram ^a,b   Santos, Raul D ^c,d   Roguin, Ariel ^a   Carvalho, Jose A M ^c   Meneghello, Romeu ^c   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coronary artery calcification; Electron beam tomography; NCEP; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CALCINOSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33644641254     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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