Comparison of ordinal versus Agatston coronary calcification scoring for cardiovascular disease mortality in community-living individuals

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 813-818

  Blair, Katherine J ^a   Allison, Matthew A ^a,b   Morgan, Cindy ^a   Wassel, Christina L ^a   Rifkin, Dena E ^a,b,c   Wright, C Michael ^a   Criqui, Michael H ^a,c   Ix, Joachim H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiovascular diseases; Circulation; Epidemiology; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORDINAL CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; WHOLE BODY CT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84898816455     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0392-1     Document Type: Article

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