Prevalence of coronary artery calcium among asymptomatic men and women in a developing country: Comparison with the USA data

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Dakik, Habib A ^a   Skouri, Hadi N ^a   Mehio Sibai, Abla ^a   Sibai, Tarek ^a   Alam, Samir ^a   Sawaya, Jaber ^a   Nasrallah, Antoine ^a   Wehbeh, Chadi ^b   Ayach, Kamal ^b   Abchee, Antoine B ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b American University of Beirut ^*  (Lebanon)

Author keywords

CAD risk factors; Calcium score; EBCT; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26244456745     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.03.038     Document Type: Article

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