Cardiac risk stratification: Role of the coronary calcium score

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 603-611

  Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Sharma, Rajiv K ^a   Voelker, Donald J ^a   Singh, Vibhuti N ^b   Pahuja, Deepak ^c   Nash, Teresa ^a   Reddy, Hanumanth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Bayfront Med Center St Petersburg   (United States)

^c Saint Vincent Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cac; Cardiomyopathy; Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium scoring; Framingham; Risk factors references; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUNDSFIELD UNIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; AGED; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952051578     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s8753     Document Type: Review

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