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Computed Tomography (CT)--An Epidemiologic Study in the Young

NCT00005354 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2014-03-27

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Summary

To investigate the relationship between coronary heart disease risk factors and coronary artery calcification in middle age adults from the Muscatine Study. From 1992 through 1995, ultrafast computed tomography was used to measure coronary artery calcification. The study has been extended through January, 2001 in order to examine the role of electron beam computed tomography in detecting the presence and quantity of coronary artery calcification, a marker of the atherosclerotic process.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Iowa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Larry Mahoney · University of Iowa

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1992-04-30
Primary Completion
2007-05-31
Completion
2007-05-31

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