Meaning of zero coronary calcium score in symptomatic patients referred for coronary computed tomographic angiography

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 776-785

  Kim, Young Jin ^a   Hur, Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a   Nam, Ji Eun ^a   Hong, Yoo Jin ^a   Kim, Hee Young ^a   Lee, Ji Won ^a   Choi, Byoung Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest pain syndrome; Coronary artery calcium; Coronary CT; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866258454     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes060     Document Type: Article

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