Potential of quantity of coronary artery calcification to identify new risk factors for asymptomatic atherosclerosis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 943-953

  Maher, Julie E ^a   Raz, Jonathan A ^a   Bielak, Lawrence F ^a   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^b   Schwartz, Robert S ^b   Peyser, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; calcinosis; calcium; coronary disease; coronary vessels; models, statistical; risk factors; tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029803160     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008864     Document Type: Article

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