Age- and gender-specific differences in the prognostic value of CT coronary angiography

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-237

  Yiu, Kai Hang ^a,b   De Graaf, Fleur R ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Van Werkhoven, Jacob M ^a,b   Marsan, Nina Ajmone ^a   Veltman, Caroline E ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Pazhenkottil, Aju ^c   Kroft, Lucia J ^a   Boersma, Eric ^d   Herzog, Bernhard ^c   Leung, Melissa ^e   Maffei, Erica ^f   Leung, Dominic Y ^e   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^c,g   Cademartiri, Filippo ^f   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Jukema, J Wouter ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84655167163     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300038     Document Type: Article

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