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Measurement of coronary calcium scores by electron beam computed tomography or exercise testing as initial diagnostic tool in low-risk patients with suspected coronary artery disease

We determined the efficiency of a screening protocol based on coronary calcium scores (CCS) compared with exercise testing in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), a normal ECG and troponin levels. Three-hundred-and-four patients were enrolled in a screening protocol including CCS b...

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Autores principales: Geluk, Christiane A., Dikkers, Riksta, Perik, Patrick J., Tio, René A., Götte, Marco J. W., Hillege, Hans L., Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn, Houwers, Janneke B., Willems, Tineke P., Oudkerk, Matthijs, Zijlstra, Felix
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17901959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-007-0755-2