American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 562-568 , October 2009

Association of aortic valve calcification to the presence, extent, and composition of coronary artery plaque burden: From the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) trial

  • Amir A. Mahabadi, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Fabian Bamberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
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  • Michael Toepker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Christopher L. Schlett, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Ian S. Rogers, MD, MBA, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • John T. Nagurney, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Quynh A. Truong, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Quynh A. Truong, MD, MPH, Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114.

Received 2 May 2009 ,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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PII: S0002-8703(09)00565-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.027

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 562-568 , October 2009

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