Association between coronary artery calcification score as assessed by multi-detector row computed tomography and upstroke time of pulse wave

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1833-1836

  Mitsutake, Ryoko ^a   Miura, Shin Ichiro ^a   Saku, Keijiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification score; Coronary artery disease; Multi detector row computed tomography; Pulse wave velocity; Upstroke time

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIN DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PULSE WAVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749100446     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0321     Document Type: Article

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