American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 4 , Pages 453-458 , 15 February 2010

Noninvasive Assessment of Gender Differences in Coronary Plaque Composition with Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography

  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (410) 955-7376; fax: (410) 614-9190
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  • Ambarish Gopal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California
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  • Ron Blankstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Womens' Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Naser Ahmadi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California
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  • Raveen Pal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California
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  • Faisal Khosa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Leslee J. Shaw, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Drs. Shaw and Budoff are on the Speaker's Bureau of GE Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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  • Roger S. Blumenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California
    • Drs. Shaw and Budoff are on the Speaker's Bureau of GE Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Received 13 August 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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PII: S0002-9149(09)02523-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.053

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 4 , Pages 453-458 , 15 February 2010

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