Coronary artery disease: Calcium score of zero: Not a gatekeeper to rule out coronary artery disease

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-273

  Truong, Quynh A ^a   Kallianos, Kimberly G ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955724650     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/ricm0568     Document Type: Note

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