Calcium score as assessed by multi-slice computed tomography does not predict maximum plaque burden: An in vitro study

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1057-1058

  Frick, M ^a   Karakolcu, F ^a   Gschnitzer, H ^a   Alber, H F ^a   Stoeger, A ^a   Obrist, P ^a   Friedrich, G ^a   Weidinger, F ^a   Pachinger, O ^a   Schwarzacher, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4344649915     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014910     Document Type: Article

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