Calcification of the aortic arch: Risk factors and association with coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 2810-2815

  Iribarren, Carlos ^a,b   Sidney, Stephen ^a   Sternfeld, Barbara ^a   Browner, Warren S ^b,c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034616810     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.21.2810     Document Type: Article

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