Endothelin-1 and Prevalent Coronary Heart Disease in Older Men and Women (The Rancho Bernardo Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-490

  Kanaya, Alka M ^a,b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^c   Wassel Fyr, Christina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN 1; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846807069     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.09.096     Document Type: Article

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