Coronary artery calcium scanning: Clinical paradigms for cardiac risk assessment and treatment

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1139-1146

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^c,d   Ehrlich, James ^e   Rumberger, John A ^f  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746196666     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.07.018     Document Type: Review

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