Patients with vascular calcifications are at increased risk of cardiovascular events: Implications for risk factor management and further research

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-237

  Iribarren, C ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846943625     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01768.x     Document Type: Editorial

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