A Comparison of the Framingham Risk Index, Coronary Artery Calcification, and Culprit Plaque Morphology in Sudden Cardiac Death
- 21 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 101 (11) , 1243-1248
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.11.1243
Abstract
Background—Neither clinical prediction models nor noninvasive imaging tests that detect coronary artery calcification identify all patients who experience acute coronary events. Variations in culpr...Keywords
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