Acromegaly and coronary disease: An integrated evaluation of conventional coronary risk factors and coronary calcifications detected by computed tomography

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3766-3772

  Cannavo, Salvatore ^a,c   Almoto, Barbara ^a   Cavalli, Giovanni ^a   Squadrito, Stefano ^a   Romanello, Giovanni ^a   Vigo, Maria Teresa ^a   Fiumara, Francesco ^b   Benvenga, Salvatore ^a   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Diagnostica Per Immagini   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33749542715     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2857     Document Type: Article

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