Atherosclerosis
Volume 202, Issue 1 , Pages 32-33, January 2009

Coronary calcification and coronary heart disease death rates in different countries, not only the influence of classical risk factors

  • Raul D. Santos

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Unidade Clínica de Lípides InCor - HC.FMUSP Av. Dr Eneas C. Aguiar 44, Bloco 2 Segundo Andar Sala 4, CEP-05403-900, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Tel.: +55 1130695320; fax: +55 1130695320.

Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Cardiac PET CT MRI Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Preventive Medicine Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

The Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 6 February 2008 published online 03 June 2008.

Keywords: Coronary calcium, Atherosclerosis, Coronary heart disease, Risk factors, Electron beam tomography, Ethnicity

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PII: S0021-9150(08)00256-6

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.04.017

Atherosclerosis
Volume 202, Issue 1 , Pages 32-33, January 2009

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