Coronary heart disease risk assessment and characterization of coronary artery disease using coronary CT angiography: Comparison of asymptomatic and symptomatic groups

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 601-608

  Hwang, Y ^a   Kim, Y ^a   Chung, I M ^a   Ryu, J ^a   Park, H ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149247341     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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