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Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease

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Coronary artery disease is defined as a pathologic process affecting the coronary arteries, although it is most often used to indicate atherosclerotic changes in the coronary arteries. This is also referred to as coronary heart disease (CHD). According to the American Heart Association [1], coronary heart disease includes the diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction, angina pectoris and all other forms of acute and chronic ischemic heart disease (ICD/10 120-125).

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  1. Departments of Epidemiology and Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Tessa S. S. Genders & M. G. Myriam Hunink

  2. Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    M. G. Myriam Hunink

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  1. Cardiovascular Imaging Unit, “Giovanni XXIII” Hospital, Monastier di Treviso (TV), Italy

    Filippo Cademartiri

  2. Cardiology Unit, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore (LU), Italy

    Giancarlo Casolo

  3. DIBIMEF, Department of Radiology, “P. Giaccone” University Hospital, Palermo, Italy

    Massimo Midiri

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Genders, T.S.S., Hunink, M.G.M. (2012). Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease. In: Cademartiri, F., Casolo, G., Midiri, M. (eds) Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2522-6_1

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