Comparison of Prognostic Usefulness of Coronary Artery Calcium in Men Versus Women (Results from a Meta- and Pooled Analysis Estimating All-Cause Mortality and Coronary Heart Disease Death or Myocardial Infarction)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Bellasi, Antonio ^a   Lacey, Carolyn ^b   Taylor, Allen J ^b   Raggi, Paolo ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34447635087     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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