Thoracic Aortic Calcium Versus Coronary Artery Calcium for the Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Events | Zendy

Nathan D. Wong | Zendy; Heidi Gransar | Zendy; Leslee J. Shaw | Zendy; Donna M. Polk | Zendy; Johanna H. Moon | Zendy; Romalisa Miranda-Peats | Zendy; Sean W. Hayes | Zendy; Louise Thomson | Zendy; Alan Rozanski | Zendy; John D. Friedman | Zendy; Daniel S. Berman | Zendy

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Thoracic Aortic Calcium Versus Coronary Artery Calcium for the Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Events

Author(s) -

Nathan D. Wong,

Heidi Gransar,

Leslee J. Shaw,

Donna M. Polk,

Johanna H. Moon,

Romalisa Miranda-Peats,

Sean W. Hayes,

Louise Thomson,

Alan Rozanski,

John D. Friedman,

Daniel S. Berman

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

jacc. cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79

H-Index - 120

eISSN - 1936-878X

pISSN - 1876-7591

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.12.010

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary artery calcium , agatston score , myocardial infarction , asymptomatic , framingham risk score , coronary artery disease , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , coronary calcium score , disease , confidence interval

This study compared the ability of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and thoracic aortic calcium (TAC) to predict coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events.

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