Clinical significance of calcification of the fibrous skeleton of the heart and aortosclerosis in community dwelling elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Barasch, Eddy ^a,g   Gottdiener, John S ^b   Marino Larsen, Emily K ^c   Chaves, Paulo H M ^d   Newman, Anne B ^e   Manolio, Teri A ^f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 29144535675     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.052     Document Type: Article

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