The association of arterial stiffness and arterial calcification: The Rotterdam Study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-207

  Odink, A E ^a   Mattace Raso, F U S ^a   van der Lugt, A ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Hunink, M G M ^a   Breteler, M M B ^a   Krestin, G P ^a   Witteman, J C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 39449100826     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002315     Document Type: Article

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