Coronary calcium scoring on nongated chest CT: Is it ready for prime time?

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-121

  White, Charles S ^a   Jerome, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX EXAMINATION;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953675368     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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