Visual scoring of coronary artery calcification in lung cancer screening computed tomography: Association with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-162

  Watts, Jubal R ^a   Sonavane, Sushilkumar K ^a   Snell Bergeon, Janet ^c   Nath, Hrudaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b D 101 Cardiovascular MRI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; coronary artery calcium; coronary calcium computed tomography; low dose computed tomography; lung cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SMOKING; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CALCIUM;

AGED; CALCIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84923071246     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000189     Document Type: Article

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