Coronary atherosclerosis in African American and white patients with acute chest pain: Characterization with coronary CT angiography

Radiology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-380

  Nance Jr , John W ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Kang, Doo Kyoung ^a,c   Barraza Jr , J Michael ^a   Abro, Joseph A ^a   Bastarrika, Gorka ^a,d   Headden, Gary F ^a   Costello, Philip ^a   Thilo, Christian ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^e KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; VOLUMETRY; WHITE PATIENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960687484     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110158     Document Type: Article

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