Coronary and aortic calcifications inter-relationship in stable angina pectoris: A coronary disease trial investigating outcome with nifedipine GITS (ACTION) - Israeli spiral computed tomography substudy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-280

  Eisen, Alon ^a,c   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a,c   Koren Morag, Nira ^a,c   Tanne, David ^a,c   Shemesh, Joseph ^a,c   Golan, Avivit ^b   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a,c   Motro, Michael ^a,c   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a,c   Adler, Yehuda ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Leumit Health Care System   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Coronary artery; Spiral computed tomography; Stable angina pectoris; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34247863816     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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