American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 6 , Pages 758-763, 15 September 2009

Relation Between Framingham Risk Categories and the Presence of Functionally Relevant Coronary Lesions as Determined on Multislice Computed Tomography and Stress Testing

  • Gaetano Nucifora, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Udine, Italy
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  • Joanne D. Schuijf, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jacob M. van Werkhoven, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Roxana Djaberi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Ernst E. van der Wall, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Albert de Roos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Arthur J.H.A. Scholte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • J. Wouter Jukema, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 31-715-262-020; fax: 31-715-266-809

Received 27 March 2009; received in revised form 10 May 2009; accepted 10 May 2009. published online 23 July 2009.

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 Dr. Nucifora is financially supported by a research fellowship from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (Sophia Antipolis, France). Dr. van Werkhoven is financially supported by the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (Utrecht, The Netherlands). Dr. Schalij has research grants from Biotronik (Berlin, Germany), Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts), and Medtronic (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Dr. Bax has research grants from Biotronik (Berlin, Germany), BMS Medical Imaging (North Billerica, Massachusetts), Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts), Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, California), GE Healthcare (Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom), Medtronic (Minneapolis, Minnesota), and St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota).

PII: S0002-9149(09)01045-5

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.05.010

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 6 , Pages 758-763, 15 September 2009

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