Coronary artery calcium screening: Does it perform better than other cardiovascular risk stratification tools?

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 6606-6620

  Zeb, Irfan ^a   Budoff, Matthew ^b  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Coronary artery calcium; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; REYNOLDS RISK SCORE; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925880431     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16036606     Document Type: Review

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