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James S Forrester
Researcher at American Heart Association
Publications - 1
Citations - 845
James S Forrester is an academic researcher from American Heart Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Electron beam tomography & Coronary artery disease. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 839 citations.
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American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association expert consensus document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease
Robert A. O'Rourke,Bruce H. Brundage,Victor F. Froelicher,Philip Greenland,Scott M. Grundy,Rory Hachamovitch,Gerald M. Pohost,Leslee J. Shaw,William S. Weintraub,William L. Winters,James S Forrester,Pamela S. Douglas,David P. Faxon,John D Fisher,Gabriel Gregoratos,Judith S. Hochman,Adolph M. Hutter,Sanjiv Kaul,Michael J. Wolk +18 more
TL;DR: Electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) is a highly sensitive technique for detecting coronary artery calcium and is being used with increasing frequency for the screening of asymptomatic people to assess those at high risk for developing coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiac events, as well as for the diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in symptomatic patients.