A Comparison of Mortality Rates in a Large Population of Smokers and Non-smokers: based on the Presence or Absence of Coronary Artery Calcification

OBJECTIVES: To further study the interplay between smoking status, Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) and all-cause mortality. BACKGROUND: Prior studies have not directly compared the relative prognostic impact of CAC in smokers versus non-smokers. In particular, while zero CAC is a known favorable progn...

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
Hauptverfasser: McEvoy, John W, Blaha, Michael J, Rivera, Juan J, Budoff, Matthew J, Khan, Atif N, Shaw, Leslee J, Berman, Daniel S, Raggi, Paolo, Min, James K, Rumberger, John A, Callister, Tracy Q, Blumenthal, Roger S., Nasir, Khurram
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405129/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23058072
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.02.017
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