Abdominal aortic calcific deposits are an important predictor of vascular morbidity and mortality

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1529-1534

  Wilson, Peter W F ^a,b,c,d,e   Kauppila, Leena I ^a,b,c,d,e   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b,c,d,e   Kiel, Douglas P ^a,b,c,d,e   Hannan, Marian ^a,b,c,d,e   Polak, Joseph M ^a,b,c,d,e   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0035916881     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.11.1529     Document Type: Article

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