RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To establish the normal criterion of ascending aortic diameter
(AAOD) measured by 64 multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and electron beam …

Lu B, Mao SS, Zhuang N, et al. Coronary artery motion during the cardiac cycle and optimal
ECG triggering for coronary artery imaging. Invest Radiol 2001; 36: 250–256. rationale and …

Background Smaller coronary artery diameter portends worse outcomes after coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The suggestion that …

Purpose To create standard thoracic bone mineral density (BMD) values for patients undergoing
cardiac computed tomography (CT) by using thoracic quantitative CT and to compare …

There is no known pharmacological therapy for calcific aortic valvular sclerosis or stenosis.
Because leaflet calcification occurs in areas of lipoprotein deposition, we hypothesised that 3-…

BACKGROUND: The presence of calcified extracoronary structures as a useful indicator of
underlying coronary artery disease (CAD) has not yet been established. The purpose of this …

In this study, we sought to determine the rate of progression of atherosclerosis using coronary
calcium scores derived from electron beam tomography (EBT). We studied a variety of …

BACKGROUND: Although cardiovascular risk factor levels are substantially different in
Caucasians, African-American, Hispanics, and Asians, the relative rates of coronary heart …

Rationale and Objective Sensitive detection of bone mineral density (BMD) change is a key
issue to monitor and evaluate the individual bone health status, as well as bone metabolism …

Purpose To determine the accuracy and precision of thoracic phantomless bone mineral
density (BMD) measurements obtained on coronary artery calcium (CAC) computed …