A double take on serial measurement of coronary artery calcification

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2051-2052

  O'Malley, Patrick G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73149104863     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.418     Document Type: Editorial

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