Subclinical atherosclerosis in multiple vascular beds: An index of atherosclerotic burden evaluated in postmenopausal women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 407-416

  Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b   Holubkov, Richard ^a,c   Patel, Ami ^a   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^c   Newman, Anne ^a,c  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b 3811 o'Hara Street ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Carotid arteries; Coronary arteries

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036176836     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00591-3     Document Type: Article

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