Usefulness of Breast Arterial Calcium Detected on Mammography for Predicting Coronary Artery Disease or Cardiovascular Events in Women With Angina Pectoris and/or Positive Stress Tests

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-361

  Penugonda, Neelima ^a   Billecke, Scott S ^a   Yerkey, Michael W ^b   Rebner, Murray ^a   Marcovitz, Pamela A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Heart Institute of Spokane   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ARTERIAL CALCIUM; CALCIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BREAST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049125357     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.039     Document Type: Article

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