Coronary artery calcification detected by a mobile helical computed tomography unit and future cardiovascular death: 4-year follow-up of 6120 asymptomatic Japanese

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 161-163

  Itani, Yasutaka ^a   Sone, Shusuke ^b   Nakayama, Tomio ^c   Suzuki, Takaichiro ^c   Watanabe, Shigeru ^d   Ito, Ken Ichi ^b   Takashima, Shodayu ^e   Fushimi, Hajime ^f   Sanada, Hideki ^g  

^a Itani Medical Clinic   (Japan)

^b Azumi General Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^d Utase Medical Clinic   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Nagano Health Promotion Corporation   (Japan)

^g Nagano Pref Matsumoto Pub Hlth Ct   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Mobile helical computed tomography; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 4344686811     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0759-z     Document Type: Article

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