The coronary calcium score is a more accurate predictor of significant coronary stenosis than conventional risk factors in symptomatic patients: Euro-CCAD study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-19

  Nicoll, R ^a   Wiklund, U ^a   Zhao, Y ^b   Diederichsen, A ^c   Mickley, H ^c   Ovrehus, K ^d   Zamorano, P ^e   Gueret, P ^f   Schmermund, A ^g   Maffei, E ^h   Cademartiri, F ^h,i   Budoff, M ^j   Henein, M ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^f HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Bethanien Krankenhaus Frankfurt   (Germany)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84957965306     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.056     Document Type: Article

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