Open AccessAssociation of a Favorable Cardiovascular Health Profile With the Presence of Coronary Artery Calcification
Author(s) -
Yasir Saleem,
Laura F. DeFina,
Nina B. Radford,
Benjamin L. Willis,
Carolyn E. Barlow,
Larry W. Gibbons,
Amit Khera
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.114.001851
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , subclinical infection , cardiology , coronary artery disease , calcification , coronary atherosclerosis
To examine the association between the American Heart Association's 7 metrics of ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) and the presence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by coronary artery calcification (CAC) using electron-beam computed tomography.
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