Subclinical atherosclerosis imaging comes of age: Coronary artery calcium in primary prevention

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 508-514

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery calcium; coronary artery disease; primary prevention; risk factors; subclinical atherosclerosis imaging

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; EVALUATION; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865508064     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e328356af2d     Document Type: Review

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