The natural history of coronary calcification: A meta-analysis from St Francis and EBEAT trials

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3944-3948

  Henein, Michael Y ^a   Koulaouzidis, George ^a   Granåsen, Gabriel ^a   Wiklund, Urban ^a   Guerci, Alan ^b   Schmermund, Axel ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Bethanien Krankenhaus Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Coronary calcium score; Meta analysis; Natural history; Progression

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; PLACEBO;

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84886264334     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.057     Document Type: Article

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