C-reactive protein is associated with subclinical epicardial coronary calcification in men and women: The Framingham Heart Study

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1189-1191

  Wang, Thomas J ^a   Larson, Martin G ^a   Levy, Daniel ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a   Kupka, Michelle J ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a   Clouse, Melvin E ^a   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Imaging; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037015230     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000032135.98011.C4     Document Type: Article

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