Relation of coronary artery calcium to left ventricular mass in African-Americans

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-492

  Tong, Wenjing ^b   Lima, Joao A ^b   Lai, Hong ^b   Celentano, David D ^b   Dai, Shupeng ^b   Lai, Shenghan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 1242292979     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.10.053     Document Type: Article

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