Establishing the warranty of a coronary artery calcium score of zero

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Al Rifai, Mahmoud ^a   Cainzos Achirica, Miguel ^a,b   Blaha, Michael J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Risk assessment; Risk stratification; Thoracic aorta calcium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; HUMAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC ARTERIES;

EID: 84911868596     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.10.084     Document Type: Note

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