Absence of left ventricular concentric hypertrophy: A prerequisite for zero coronary calcium score

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Ehara, Shoichi ^a   Shirai, Nobuyuki ^a   Okuyama, Takuhiro ^a   Matsumoto, Kenji ^a   Matsumura, Yoshiki ^a   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84855726789     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-010-0082-4     Document Type: Article

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