An alternative method for quantifying coronary artery calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

BACKGROUND: Extent of atherosclerosis measured by amount of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in computed tomography (CT) has been traditionally assessed using thresholded scoring methods, such as the Agatston score (AS). These thresholded scores have value in clinical prediction, but important informat...

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Autores principales: Liang, C Jason, Budoff, Matthew J, Kaufman, Joel D, Kronmal, Richard A, Brown, Elizabeth R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-12-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-12-14

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