Traditional clinical risk assessment tools do not accurately predict coronary atherosclerotic plaque burden: A CT angiography study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Johnson, Kevin M ^a   Dowe, David A ^b   Brink, James A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Atlantic Medical Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; CT angiography; Framingham risk estimate; Heart disease; National Cholesterol Education Program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

CONNECTICUT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149216414     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1056     Document Type: Article

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