Comparison of coronary artery calcification scores and National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines for coronary heart disease risk assessment and treatment paradigms in individuals with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-240

  Lieberman, Jesse A ^a   Hammond, Flora M ^a   Barringer, Thomas A ^a   Norton, H J ^a   Goff Jr , David C ^a   Bockenek, William L ^a   Scelza, William M ^a  

^a Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium score; Coronary heart disease; Framingham risk score; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79955531471     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/107902611X13019162562548     Document Type: Article

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