Coronary Artery Calcium to Predict All-Cause Mortality in Elderly Men and Women

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Raggi, Paolo ^a   Gongora, Maria C ^a   Gopal, Ambarish ^b   Callister, Tracy Q ^c   Budoff, Matthew ^b   Shaw, Leslee J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary calcium; elderly; gender; mortality; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549088331     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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