Atherosclerosis screening by noninvasive imaging for cardiovascular prevention: A systematic review

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 220-231

  Rodondi, Nicolas ^a   Auer, Reto ^a   De Bosset Sulzer, Vanessa ^a   Ghali, William A ^b   Cornuz, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular; Clinical trial; Coronary disease; Diagnostic techniques; Health behavior; Smoking cessation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856703336     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1833-3     Document Type: Review

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