Clinical implications of the coronary artery calcium score in Japanese patients

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1101-1108

  Yamamoto, Hideya ^a   Kitagawa, Toshiro ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium score; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOUNSFIELD UNIT VALUE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; CALCINOSIS; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALCIUM;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84911922840     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.26427     Document Type: Review

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