Coronary artery calcium score

JAMA

Volumn 312, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 837-838

  Polonsky, Tamar S ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^b   Greenland, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW FAT DIET; NUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SMOKING; SWIMMING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84907309946     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.1948     Document Type: Short Survey

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