Imaging for Coronary Risk Assessment: Ready for Prime Time?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-265

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Redberg, Rita F ^b   Blumenthal, Roger S ^c   Ambrose, Marietta ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41249084994     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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