Electron Beam Tomography - Review Articles

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Can CAC scanning improve CHD risk prediction? - PDF Version
An article by Stanley Watkins, MD, Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, and Roger S. Blumenthal, MD Special to Today in Cardiology

Electron Beam Tomography - PDF Version
An article by Dr. James E. Ehrlich, M.D.

C-Reactive Protein Is Associated With Subclinical Epicardial Coronary Calcification in Men and Women - PDF Version
Wang Thomas J, Larson Martin g. G., Levy Daniel , Benjamin E J, Kupka Michelle J., Manning W j J, Clouse Melvin E, D’agostino Ralph B, Wilson Peter w. f. W, O’donnell Christopher J.

Combined Use of Computed Tomography Coronary Calcium Scores and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Nondiabetic Individuals - PDF Version
Robert Park, MD; Robert Detrano, MD, PhD; Min Xiang, MS; Paul Fu, PhD; Youhanna Ibrahim, MD; Laurie LaBree, MS; Stanley Azen, PhD

Effects of combined low-density lipoprotein apheresis and aggressive statin therapy on coronary calcified plaque as measured by computed tomography - PDF Version
Hoffmann U , Derfler K , Haas M , Stadler A , Brady TJ , Kostner K.

Coronary Calcification, Coronary Disease Risk Factors, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events: The St. Francis Heart Study - PDF Version
Investigator: Alan D. Guerci, MD, FACCInterviewer: George A. Beller, MD, MACC

Coronary Artery Calcification in Black Women and White Women - PDF Version
Khurana Charanjit , Rosenbaum Christina , Howard B v , Adams-campbell Lucile , Detrano R , Klouj Afifa , Hsia Judith

Electron-Beam Tomography Coronary Artery Calcium and Cardiac Events. A 37-Month Follow-Up of 5635 Initially Asymptomatic Low- to Intermediate-Risk Adults - PDF Version
George T. Kondos, MD; Julie Anne Hoff, PhD, RN; Alexander Sevrukov, MD; Martha L. Daviglus, MD, PhD; Daniel B. Garside, MS; Stephen S. Devries, MD; Eva V. Chomka, MD; Kiang Liu, PhD

Preventing Myocardial Infarction in the Young Adult in the First Place: How Do the National Cholesterol Education Panel III Guidelines Perform? - PDF Version
Kwame O. Akosah, MD, Ana Schaper, PHD, Christopher Cogbill, BA, Paul Schoenfeld, MD La Crosse, Wisconsin

The Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis Assessed by Coronary Calcium - PDF Version
Nathan D. Wong, PHD, FACC, Maria G. Sciammarella, MD, Donna Polk, MD, MPH, Amy Gallagher, MPH, Lisa Miranda-Peats, MPH, Brian Whitcomb, BS, Rory Hachamovitch, MD, FACC

Coronary Artery Calcium and Cardiac Events Is Electron - Beam Tomography Ready for Prime Time? - PDF Version
William S. Weintraub, MD