Variation in atherosclerotic plaque composition according to increasing coronary artery calcium scores on computed tomography angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 923-932

  Nasir, Khurram ^a   Rivera, Juan J ^a   Yoon, Yeonyee E ^b   Chang, Sung A ^b   Choi, Sang Ii ^b   Chun, Eun Ju ^b   Choi, Dong Joo ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Multi detector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650595320     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9625-0     Document Type: Article

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