Coronary calcium scoring in asymptomatic Indian population: Correlation with age, gender and risk factors - A prospective study on 500 subjects

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-238

  Wasnik, Ashish ^a,b   Raut, Abhijit ^a   Morani, Ajay ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b 2 Neel Kamal Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Coronary calcium scoring

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36349006557     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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