Computed tomography imaging, coronary calcium and atherosclerosis

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1083-1093

  Elkeles, Robert ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium score; Coronary heart disease; Electron beam computed tomography; Prediction of coronary heart disease events

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CERIVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249107165     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.6.8.1083     Document Type: Review

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