Impact of combined assessment of coronary artery calcium score, carotid artery plaque score, and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity for early coronary revascularization in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

International Heart Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 154-159

  Iino, Ryu ^a   Yokoyama, Naoyuki ^a   Konno, Kumiko ^a   Naito, Kazuya ^a   Isshiki, Takaaki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Carotid artery plaque score; Coronary artery calcium score; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CALCIUM; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863467686     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.53.154     Document Type: Article

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