Association of Coronary Artery Calcification and Mortality in the National Lung Screening Trial: A Comparison of Three Scoring Methods.

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Published in Radiology on March 09, 2015

Authors

Caroline Chiles1, Fenghai Duan1, Gregory W Gladish1, James G Ravenel1, Scott G Baginski1, Bradley S Snyder1, Sarah DeMello1, Stephanie S Desjardins1, Reginald F Munden1, NLST Study Team

Author Affiliations

1: From the Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157 (C.C.); Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (F.D., B.S.S., S.D.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex (G.W.G.); Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (J.G.R.); Summit Radiology LLC, Oconomowoc, Wis (S.G.B.); American College of Radiology Imaging Network, Philadelphia, Pa (S.S.D.); and Department of Radiology, Houston Methodist Hospital and Research Institute, Houston, Tex (R.F.M.).

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