Noninvasive Assessment of Gender Differences in Coronary Plaque Composition with Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-458

  Nasir, Khurram ^a,b   Gopal, Ambarish ^c   Blankstein, Ron ^d   Ahmadi, Naser ^c   Pal, Raveen ^c   Khosa, Faisal ^e   Shaw, Leslee J ^f   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75349111877     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.053     Document Type: Article

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