Coronary calcification among 3477 asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-159

  Øvrehus, Kristian A ^a   Jasinskiene, Jurgita ^b   Sand, Niels P ^b,c   Jensen, Jesper M ^d   Munkholm, Henrik ^a   Egstrup, Kenneth ^e   Lambrecthsen, Jess ^e   Mickley, Hans ^a   Diederichsen, Axel C P ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Esbjerg   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e SVENDBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artery disease; cardiac CT; coronary artery calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84953340857     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314564727     Document Type: Article

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