Coronary artery calcification is associated with atherogenic lipid changes, cardiac dysfunction and morphologic abnormalities in HIV-1 infected black adults

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 412-414

  Meng, Qing Yi ^a   Du, Jie Fu ^a   Lai, Hong ^b   Lai, Sheng Han ^c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; HIV infection; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 15044353103     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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