Stroke is associated with coronary calcification as detected by electron-beam CT: The Rotterdam Coronary Calcification Study

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 462-465

  Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a,b   Hollander, Monika ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a   Van Der Kuip, Deirdre A M ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a,b   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Epidemiology; Stroke; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036161247     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0202.103071     Document Type: Article

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