Spiral computed tomography evidence of close correlation between coronary and thoracic aorta calcifications

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Adler, Yehuda ^a   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a   Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a   Tanne, David ^b   Batavraham, Israel R Y ^a   Motro, Michael ^a   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Coronary artery; CT spiral; Hypertension; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043148661     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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