Detection of silent coronary artery disease by computed tomographic scan: Coronary artery calcium versus noninvasive coronary angiography

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-80

  Serra, Cèsar Morcillo ^a   Roca, Joan M ^a   Masip, Josep ^a   Delás, Jordi ^a   Rennie, Mark ^a   Schembari, Anna ^a   López Perna, Yolanda ^a   Bechich, Siraj ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SAGRAT COR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955026315     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3283423639     Document Type: Article

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