Measurement of coronary artery calcification by electron beam computerized tomography in persons with chronic spinal cord injury: Evidence for increased atherosclerotic burden

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 775-779

  Orakzai, S H ^a   Orakzai, R H ^a   Ahmadi, N ^b   Agrawal, N ^b   Bauman, W A ^c,d   Yee, F ^e   Adkins, R H ^e   Waters, R L ^e   Budoff, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiac CT; Coronary artery disease; Heart disease; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36849003570     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102045     Document Type: Article

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