Elevated Pulse Wave Velocity Increases the Odds of Coronary Calcification in Overweight Postmenopausal Women

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 469-475

  Venkitachalam, Lakshmi ^a   Mackey, Rachel H ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Patel, Ami S ^a,b   Boraz, Miriam A ^a,c   Simkin Silverman, Laurey R ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Center for Marital and Sexual Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity index; coronary calcification; postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AORTA; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247643826     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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