A Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium Presence, Carotid Plaque Presence, and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

BACKGROUND: Presence of coronary artery calcium (CAC), carotid plaque, and increased carotid intima media thickness (IMT) may indicate elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; however, no large studies have compared them directly. This study compares predictive utilities of CAC presence, carotid...

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Veröffentlicht in:Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
Hauptverfasser: Gepner, Adam D., Young, Rebekah, Delaney, Joseph A., Tattersall, Matthew C., Blaha, Michael J., Post, Wendy S., Gottesman, Rebecca F., Kronmal, Richard, Budoff, Matthew J., Burke, Gregory L., Folsom, Aaron R., Liu, Kiang, Kaufman, Joel, Stein, James H.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299916/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25596139
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002262
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