Using noncontrast cardiac CT and coronary artery calcification measurements for cardiovascular risk assessment and management in asymptomatic adults

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 579-591

  Rumberger, John A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Coronary artery disease; Electron beam computed tomography; Epicardial fat; Multidetector computed tomography; National cholesterol education program adult treatment plan III (NCEP ATP III)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952051070     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s7457     Document Type: Review

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