Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups

Detrano, Robert; D. Guerci, Alan; Jeffrey Carr, J.; E. Bild, Diane; L. Burke, Gregory; R. Folsom, Aaron; Liu, Kiang; Shea, Steven; Szklo, Moysés; A. Bluemke, David; H. O’Leary, Daniel; P. Tracy, Russell; E. Watson, Karol; D. Wong, Nathan; A. Kronmal, Richard

doi:10.1056/nejmoa072100

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Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 26, 2008

Authors:

Robert Detrano

Alan D. Guerci

J. Jeffrey Carr

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In white populations, computed tomographic measurements of coronary-artery calcium predict coronary heart disease independently of traditional coronary risk factors. However, it is not known whether coronary-artery calcium predicts coronary heart disease in other racial or ethnic groups....

Subject

Medicine

Coronary artery calcium

Cardiology

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