American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 554-561 , October 2009

Cardiovascular events with absent or minimal coronary calcification: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Center, Torrance, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W. Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502.
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  • Robyn L. McClelland, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD
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  • Philip Greenland, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Chicago, IL
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  • Richard A. Kronmal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • George T. Kondos, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Steven Shea, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Joao A.C. Lima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Radiology of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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  • Roger S. Blumenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD

Received 24 May 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.007

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 554-561 , October 2009

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