Defining Normal Distributions of Coronary Artery Calcium in Women and Men (from the Framingham Heart Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hoffmann, Udo ^d   Massaro, Joseph M ^c   Fox, Caroline S ^a,b   Manders, Emily ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,d  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 54549116983     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.038     Document Type: Article

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