Coronary calcium scoring: Are the results comparable to computed tomography coronary angiography for screening coronary artery disease in a South Asian population?

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bhulani, Nizar ^a   Khawaja, Ali ^b   Jafferani, Asif ^c   Baqir, Maryam ^b   Ebrahimi, Ramin ^d   Sajjad, Zafar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium scoring; CT Coronary artery; Pakistan; South Asia; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ASIA; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880335155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-279     Document Type: Article

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