Interpreting the coronary-artery calcium score

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-296

  Grayburn, Paul A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIET THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84856284437     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1110647     Document Type: Article

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