The Interscan Variation of CT Coronary Artery Calcification Score. Analysis of the Calcium Acetate Renagel Comparison (CARE)-2 Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-61

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Kessler, Paul ^d   Gao, Yan L ^a   Qunibi, Wajeh ^b   Moustafa, Moustafa ^c   Mao, Song S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c South Carolina Nephrology and Hypertension   (United States)

^d Nabi Biopharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; cardiac CT; coronary calcium; electron beam tomography; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM ACETATE; SEVELAMER;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION SCORE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACETATES; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHELATING AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYAMINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRROLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749079322     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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