Lesion- and vessel-specific coronary artery calcium scores are superior to whole-heart Agatston and volume scores in the diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Qian, Zhen ^a   Anderson, Hunt ^a   Marvasty, Idean ^a   Akram, Kamran ^a   Vazquez, Gustavo ^a   Rinehart, Sarah ^a   Voros, Szilard ^a  

^a PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcium; Obstructive coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650996886     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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