Relation of diagonal ear lobe crease to the presence, extent, and severity of coronary artery disease determined by coronary computed tomography angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1283-1287

  Shmilovich, Haim ^a   Cheng, Victor Y ^b   Rajani, Ronak ^a   Dey, Damini ^b   Tamarappoo, Balaji K ^a   Nakazato, Ryo ^a   Smith, Thomas W ^a   Otaki, Yuka ^a   Nakanishi, Rine ^a   Gransar, Heidi ^a   Paz, William ^a   Pimentel, Raymond T ^a   Hayes, Sean W ^b   Friedman, John D ^b   Thomson, Louise E J ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EAR AURICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859795926     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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