ACCF/AHA 2007 clinical expert consensus document on coronary artery calcium scoring by computed tomography in global cardiovascular risk assessment and in evaluation of patients with chest pain: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Task Force (ACCF/AHA Writing Committee to Update the 2000 Expert Consensus Document on Electron Beam Computed Tomography) developed in collaboration with the Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on January 23, 2007

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Philip Greenland, Robert O Bonow, Bruce H Brundage, Matthew J Budoff, Mark J Eisenberg, Scott M Grundy, Michael S Lauer, Wendy S Post, Paolo Raggi, Rita F Redberg, George P Rodgers, Leslee J Shaw, Allen J Taylor, William S Weintraub, American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Task Force (ACCF/AHA Writing Committee to Update the 2000 Expert Consensus Document on Electron Beam Computed Tomography), Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

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