New indices to classify location, severity and progression of calcific lesions in the abdominal aorta: A 25-year follow-up study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-250

  Kauppila, Leena I ^a   Polak, Joseph F ^b   Cupples, L Adrienne ^c   Hannan, Marian T ^d   Kiel, Douglas P ^d   Wilson, Peter W F ^e  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^e RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic calcification; Atherosclerosis; Epidemiological study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030806999     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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