Is calcium the key for the assessment of progression/regression of coronary artery disease?

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1187-1188

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33748044307     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.089573     Document Type: Editorial

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