Coronary calcifications in a subgroup of post-menopausal women with metabolic syndrome;Calcificazioni coronariche in una popolazione di donne in post-menopausa affette da sindrome metabolica

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 574-579

  Ratti, Carlo ^a   Grassi, Laura ^b   Chiurlia, Emilio ^b   Bursi, Francesca ^b   Bompani, Bruno ^a   Ferramosca, Emiliana ^c   Modena, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a Ospedale di Mirandola   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Coronary calcifications; Metabolic syndrome; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 38449105429     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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