Comparison of Prevalence of >70% Diameter Narrowing of One or More Major Coronary Arteries in Patients With Versus Without Mitral Annular Calcium and Clinically Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-470

  Kannam, Hari ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Chilappa, Kiran ^a   Singh, Tarunjit ^a   McClung, John A ^a   Pucillo, Anthony L ^a   Weiss, Melvin B ^a   Kalapatapu, Kumar ^a   Sullivan, Thomas ^a   Monsen, Craig E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38849177411     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.09.108     Document Type: Article

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