Prognostic utility of coronary artery calcium scoring in active smokers: A 15-year follow-up study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 581-583

  Schulman Marcus, Joshua ^a   Valenti, Valentina ^a   Hartaigh, Bríain Ó ^a   Gransar, Heidi ^a   Truong, Quynh ^a   Giambrone, Ashley ^a   Callister, Tracy Q ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Lin, Fay Y ^a   Min, James K ^a  

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Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Lung cancer screening; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SMOKING; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84914151222     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.153     Document Type: Article

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