Cardiovascular events with absent or minimal coronary calcification: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-561

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   McClelland, Robyn L ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^c   Greenland, Philip ^d   Kronmal, Richard A ^b   Kondos, George T ^e   Shea, Steven ^f   Lima, Joao A C ^g   Blumenthal, Roger S ^c  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349210201     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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