Use of Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning to Screen for Coronary Atherosclerosis Among Early Middle-Age Adults⁎⁎Editorials published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging or the American College of Cardiology.
Author(s) -
Alan Rozanski,
Daniel S. Berman
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.05.012
Subject(s) - coronary artery calcium , coronary atherosclerosis , medicine , cardiology , artery , coronary arteries , coronary artery disease
Coronary atherosclerosis is a highly prevalent and progressive disorder that is characterized by a long latent phase before the onset of clinical symptoms. Fatty streaks are commonly found in the vascular walls of children and progress with high frequency to significant fibrous plaques by early
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