Association of fibrinogen with quantity of coronary artery calcification measured by electron beam computed tomography

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2167-2171

  Bielak, Lawrence F ^a   Klee, George G ^b   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^b   Turner, Stephen T ^b   Schwartz, Robert S ^b   Peyser, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Electron beam computed tomography; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033822505     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.9.2167     Document Type: Article

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