Impact of clinical presentation and pretest likelihood on the relation between calcium score and computed tomographic coronary angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1675-1679

  Van Werkhoven, Jacob M ^a,b   De Boer, Stephanie M ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^c,d   Maffei, Erica ^d   Jukema, J Wouter ^a,b   Boogers, Mark J ^a,b   Kroft, Lucia J ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649697515     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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