Subclinical atherosclerosis modeling: Integration of coronary artery calcium score to Framingham equation

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5348-5351

  Pessana, F ^a,b   Armentano, R ^a,b   Chironi, G ^c   Megnien, J L ^c   Mousseaux, E ^c   Simon, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; HEART; RISKS;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUMS; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL POPULATION; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; PREVENTIVE TREATMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950965030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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