The relationship between neurological level of injury and symptomatic cardiovascular disease risk in the aging spinal injured

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 310-317

  Groah, S L ^a   Weitzenkamp, D ^b   Sett, P ^c   Soni, B ^c   Savic, G ^d  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034941289     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101162     Document Type: Article

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