Hypertension promotes coronary calcium deposit in asymptomatic men

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 949-954

  Megnien, Jean Louis ^a   Simon, Alain ^a   Lemariey, Michel ^a   Plainfossé, Marie Christine ^a   Levenson, Jaime ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary arteriosclerosis; risk factors; tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPROPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029865073     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.4.949     Document Type: Article

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