Coronary calcium score from multislice computed tomography correlates with QT dispersion and left ventricular wall thickness

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Pan, Nan Hung ^a   Yang, Hung Yu ^a   Hsieh, Ming Hsiung ^a   Chen, Yi Jen ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Multislice computed tomography; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; R WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44249117613     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-007-1024-7     Document Type: Article

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