Coronary age as a risk factor in the modified Framingham risk score
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Coronary age as a risk factor in the modified Framingham risk score
BACKGROUND: Clinical guidelines emphasize risk assessment as vital to patient selection for medical primary intervention. However, risk assessment methods are restricted in their ability to predict further coronary events. The most widely accepted tool in the United States is the Framingham risk score. In these equations age is a powerful risk factor. Although the extent of coronary atheroscler...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Imaging
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1471-2342
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-4-1