Identification of Patients at Increased Risk of First Unheralded Acute Myocardial Infarction by Electron-Beam Computed Tomography
Top Cited Papers
- 29 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 101 (8) , 850-855
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.8.850
Abstract
Background—There is a clear relationship between absolute calcium scores (CS) and severity of coronary artery disease. However, hard coronary events have been shown to occur across all ranges of CS...Keywords
This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
- EditorialThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1998
- Estimation of enzymatic infarct size: Direct comparison of the marker enzymes creatine kinase and α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenaseAmerican Heart Journal, 1998
- Prognostic value of coronary calcification and angiographic stenoses in patients undergoing coronary angiographyJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 1996
- Diffuse calcification in human coronary arteries. Association of osteopontin with atherosclerosis.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1994
- High expression of genes for calcification-regulating proteins in human atherosclerotic plaques.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1994
- Osteopontin mRNA is expressed by smooth muscle-derived foam cells in human atherosclerotic lesions of the aorta.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1993
- Bone morphogenetic protein expression in human atherosclerotic lesions.Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1993
- Detection of calcific deposits in coronary arteries by ultrafast computed tomography and correlation with angiographyThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1989
- Patterns of coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality in the sexes: A 26-year follow-up of the Framingham populationPublished by Elsevier ,1986
- Plaque fissuring--the cause of acute myocardial infarction, sudden ischaemic death, and crescendo angina.Heart, 1985