Role of nonenhanced multidetector CT coronary artery calcium testing in asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 637-649

  Nasir, Khurram ^a,b   Clouse, Melvin ^c  

^a Baptist Health South Florida   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865417902     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12110810     Document Type: Review

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