Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and resting ECG abnormalities in an unselected general population

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 786-794

  Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a   Schmermund, Axel ^b   Lehmann, Nils ^a   Roggenbuck, Ulla ^a   Dragano, Nico ^c   Stang, Andreas ^d   Moebus, Susanne ^a   Beck, Eva Maria ^a   Schlüter, Christamaria ^e   Sack, Stefan ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^e   Taylor, Allen ^f   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study; Resting ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38349190529     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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