Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 119-126 , March 2010

Coronary distensibility index measured by computed tomography is associated with the severity of coronary artery disease

  • Naser Ahmadi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • David Shavelle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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  • Vahid Nabavi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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  • Fereshteh Hajsadeghi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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  • Shahin Moshrefi, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, New York Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA
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  • Ferdinand Flores, BS

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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  • Shahdad Azmoon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, New York Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA
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  • Song S. Mao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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  • Ramin Ebrahimi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, UCLA, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Matthew Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA

Received 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 2 January 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: Dr. Budoff is on the speaker's bureau for General Electric. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00008-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.007

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 119-126 , March 2010