REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE MEASUREMENT OF CORONARY CALCIUM WITH ULTRAFAST COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY

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DEVRIES, S
WOLFKIEL, C
SHAH, V
CHOMKA, E
RICH, S
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[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80706-1
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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The differences observed in repeated coronary calcium measurements underscores the importance of considering reproducibility issues when evaluating the significance of serial calcium scores. Furthermore, reproducibility data have important implications for planning intervention trials in which ultrafast computed tomography is used to monitor the evolution of atherosclerotic disease. © 1995 Excerpta Medica, Inc. All rights reserved under the United States, International, and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
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