Incremental prognostic utility of coronary CT angiography for asymptomatic patients based upon extent and severity of coronary artery calcium: Results from the COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes InteRnational Multicenter (CONFIRM) Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 501-508

  Cho, Iksung ^a,b   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a   Hartaigh, Briain O ^b   Shin, Sanghoon ^a   Sung, Ji Min ^a   Lin, Fay Y ^b   Achenbach, Stephan ^c   Heo, Ran ^d   Berman, Daniel S ^d   Budoff, Matthew J ^e   Callister, Tracy Q ^f   Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^g   Cademartiri, Filippo ^h,i   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha ^j   Chow, Benjamin J W ^k   Dunning, Allison M ^l   DeLago, Augustin ^m   Villines, Todd C ⁿ   Hadamitzky, Martin ^o   Hausleiter, Joerg ^p   Leipsic, Jonathon ^q   Shaw, Leslee J ^r   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^s   Cury, Ricardo C ^t   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^u   Kim, Yong Jin ^v   Maffei, Erica ^h,i   Raff, Gilbert ^j   Pontone, Gianluca ^w   Andreini, Daniele ^w   Min, James K ^b   more..

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Giovanni XXIII Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m Capitol Cardiology Associates   (United States)

ⁿ WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^p LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^r EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^t BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^u INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^v Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Coronary artery calcium scoring; Coronary computed tomographic angiography; Framingham risk score; Prognostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STENOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84924590174     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu358     Document Type: Article

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