Brief reportProgression of coronary calcium on serial electron beam tomographic scanning is greater in patients with future myocardial infarction☆
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This study was supported in part by the Dean's Fund for Faculty Research, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
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