Coronary artery calcium and physical fitness - The two best predictors of long-term survival

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-94

  Blaha, Michael J ^a   Feldman, David I ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Baptist Health South Florida   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Physical fitness; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

AGE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY RISK; FITNESS; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; CHEMISTRY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897938625     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.02.013     Document Type: Note

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