Severe coronary artery calcifications are associated with ischemia in patients undergoing medical therapy

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-346

  Ho, John ^a   FitzGerald, Shannon ^a   Stolfus, Lisa ^a   Cannaday, John ^a   Radford, Nina ^a  

^a Cooper Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; computed tomography; diagnostic and prognostic application; ischemia; myocardial perfusion imaging; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CALCINOSIS; CAUSALITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249651688     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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