Heritability of coronary artery calcium quantity measured by electron beam computed tomography in asymptomatic adults

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-308

  Peyser, Patricia A ^a   Bielak, Lawrence F ^a   Chu, Julia S ^a   Turner, Stephen T ^b   Ellsworth, Darrell L ^c   Boerwinkle, Eric ^d   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c WINDBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Epidemiology; Genetics; Imaging

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037118704     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000022664.21832.5D     Document Type: Article

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