Comparison of the atherosclerotic burden among asymptomatic patients vs matched volunteers

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Rozanski, Alan ^a   Gransar, Heidi ^b,c   Shaw, Leslee ^d   Wong, Nathan D ^e   Min, James ^f   Miranda Peats, Romalisa ^b,c   Hayes, Sean W ^b,c   Friedman, John D ^b,c   Berman, Daniel S ^b,c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcification; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79958108090     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9324-1     Document Type: Article

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