Usefulness of regional distribution of coronary artery calcium to improve the prediction of all-cause mortality

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1229-1234

  Tota Maharaj, Rajesh ^a,b   Joshi, Parag H ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Whelton, Seamus ^b   Zeb, Irfan ^d   Rumberger, John ^e   Al Mallah, Mouaz ^f   Blumenthal, Roger S ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^b,g,h,i   Blaha, Michael J ^b  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Princeton Longevity Center   (United States)

^f KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^g Mount Sinai Heart Institute   (United States)

^h FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84927578556     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.01.555     Document Type: Article

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