"Calcium coverage scoring has the potential to improve our estimate of a patient's risk for adverse clinical outcomes, such as heart attacks or death," Dr. Brown said.
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"Coronary Calcium Coverage Score: Determination, Correlates, and Predictive Accuracy in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis." Collaborating with Dr. Brown were Richard A. Kronmal, Ph.D. (University of Washington), David A. Bluemke, M.D., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore), Alan D. Guerci, M.D. (Heart Center, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, N.Y.), J. Jeffrey Carr, M.D. (Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, N.C.), Jonathan Goldin, Ph.D. (UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles) and Robert Detrano, M.D. (University of California, Irvine). Journal attribution requested.
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