Screening for coronary atherosclerosis with coronary calcium scoring: The "shape" of things to come?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-169

  Vashist, Aseem ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40949087326     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2008.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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