Relation of coronary artery plaque location to extent of coronary artery disease studied by computed tomographic angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-26

  Grunfeld, Carl ^a,b   Scherzer, Rebecca ^a,b   Varosy, Paul D ^c   Ambarish, Gopal ^d   Nasir, Khurram ^e   Budoff, Matthew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CAC; Noninvasive angiography; Computed tomography angiography; CTA; Coronary artery calcium; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PLAQUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76249104583     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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