Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Are We There Yet?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1654-1656

  Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary disease; epidemiology; risk prediction

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; CALCIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84943327960     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.031     Document Type: Editorial

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