Association between aortic calcification and total and cardiovascular mortality in older women

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Rodondi, N ^a   Taylor, B C ^b   Bauer, D C ^c   Lui, L Y ^d   Vogt, M T ^e   Fink, H A ^b,f   Browner, W S ^d   Cummings, S R ^d   Ensrud, K E ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort study; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846965531     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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