Calcium density of coronary artery plaque and risk of incident cardiovascular events

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-278

  Criqui, Michael H ^a,b   Denenberg, Julie O ^a   Ix, Joachim H ^b   McClelland, Robyn L ^c   Wassel, Christina L ^d   Rifkin, Dena E ^b   Carr, Jeffrey J ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^f   Allison, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM DENSITY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM VOLUME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84892638663     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.282535     Document Type: Article

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