Coronary artery calcification by computed tomography in epidemiologic research and cardiovascular disease prevention

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-198

  Sekikawa, Akira ^a   Curb, J David ^b   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^c   Okamura, Tomonori ^d   Choo, Jina ^e   Fujiyoshi, Akira ^f   Masaki, Kamal ^b   Miura, Katsuyuki ^f   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Shin, Chol ^e   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Korea University   (South Korea)

^f SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Coronary calcium score; EBCT; MDCT; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84865805642     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110138     Document Type: Article

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