Age and sex based reference values for incidental coronary artery and thoracic aorta calcifications on routine clinical chest CT: A powerful tool to appreciate available imaging findings

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 546-553

  Jairam, Pushpa M ^a   de Jong, Pim A ^a   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a   Gondrie, Martijn J A ^a   Jacobs, Peter C A ^a   van der Graaf, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcifications; Reference values; Thoracic aorta calcifications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA CALCIFICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84914112357     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.949     Document Type: Article

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