Cardiovascular risk assessment in the 21st century

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 816-817

  Gaziano, J Michael ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865312328     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.10456     Document Type: Editorial

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