Quantitative Relation between Coronary Calcium Content and Coronary Flow Reserve as Assessed by Integrated PET-CT Imaging

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a marker of atherosclerosis. Whether epicardial calcium reflects more widespread atherosclerosis affecting coronary vascular function is unknown. METHODS: We evaluated 136 consecutive patients without known coronary disease (age 62 ±12 years, 68 % females...

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Main Authors: Curillova, Zelmira, Yaman, Bettina F., Dorbala, Sharmila, Kwong, Raymond Y., Sitek, Arkadius, El Fakhri, Georges, Anagnostopoulos, Constantinos, Di Carli, Marcelo F.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: 2009
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117296/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19387640
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1121-1
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