Coronary artery calcification, an improvement in risk classification: Need for reappraisal?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1415-1417

  Duprez, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary calcium score; coronary heart disease; Framingham risk estimate; intermediate risk

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77957923371     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.027     Document Type: Editorial

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