Magnesium and calcium concentration in the abdominal aorta of patients deceased by ischemie heart disease

Magnesium Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-41

  Vlad, Mariana ^a   Uza, G ^b   Port, P J ^c   Caseanu, Elena ^a   Petrescu, Magda ^d  

^a Professor Iuliu Moldovan Institute of Public Health Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

^b Departmental Policlinic 2 ^*  (Romania)

^c IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d The 1st Laboratory of Genetic Explorations   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Ischemic heart disease; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0034152204     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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