Clinical significance of aortic knob width and calcification in unstable angina

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1280-1283

  Kyeong, Ho Yun ^a   Myung, Ho Jeong ^b   Seok, Kyu Oh ^a   Eun, Mi Park ^a   Yun, Kyung Kim ^a   Sang, Jae Rhee ^a   Eun, Mi Lee ^a   Nam, Jin Yoo ^a   Kim, Nam Ho ^a   Young, Keun Ahn ^b   Jeong, Jin Won ^a  

^a Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA KNOB; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; DESCENDING AORTA; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SAMPLE SIZE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749033379     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1280     Document Type: Article

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