Rationale and design of the coronary artery calcium consortium: A multicenter cohort study

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 54-61

  Blaha, Michael J ^a   Whelton, Seamus P ^a   Al Rifai, Mahmoud ^a   Dardari, Zeina A ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^c   Matsushita, Kuni ^d   Rumberger, John A ^e   Berman, Daniel S ^f   Budoff, Matthew J ^g   Miedema, Michael D ^h   Nasir, Khurram ^a,i  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Princeton Longevity Center   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 85007021258     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2016.11.004     Document Type: Article

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