Comparing coronary artery calcium and thoracic aorta calcium for prediction of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events on low-dose non-gated computed tomography in a high-risk population of heavy smokers

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 455-462

  Jacobs, Peter C ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a   van der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Gondrie, Martijn J ^a   Janssen, Kristel J ^a   de Koning, Harry J ^b   Isgum, Ivana ^c   van Klaveren, Rob J ^b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^d   van Ginneken, Bram ^c   Mali, Willem P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcium; Follow up studies; Thoracic aortic calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950020000     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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