Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 19-26 , January 2010

Relation of coronary artery plaque location to extent of coronary artery disease studied by computed tomographic angiography

  • Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Metabolism Section 111F, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Rebecca Scherzer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Metabolism Section 111F, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • ,
  • Paul D. Varosy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center and School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Gopal Ambarish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Matthew Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA, USA

Received 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 January 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

 Supported in part by a Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service Research Career Development Award (RCD 04-115-2 to P.D.V.), the Albert L. and Janet A. Schulz Supporting Foundation, and with resources and the use of facilities of the VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00012-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.009

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 19-26 , January 2010

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