Incremental prognostic value of coronary artery calcium score versus CT angiography among symptomatic patients without known coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 190-195

  Hulten, Edward ^a,b   Bittencourt, Marcio Sommer ^a,c   Ghoshhajra, Brian ^a   O'Leary, Daniel ^a   Christman, Mitalee P ^a   Blaha, Michael J ^d   Truong, Quynh ^a   Nelson, Kyle ^a   Montana, Philip ^a   Steigner, Michael ^a   Rybicki, Frank ^a   Hainer, Jon ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^e   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcium score; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUKE CAD INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORISE SCORE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGMENT INVOLVEMENT SCORE; SEGMENT SEVERITY SCORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893819657     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.029     Document Type: Article

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