Relationships of thoracic aortic wall calcification to cardiovascular risk factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 765-771

  Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Katz, Ronit ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^c   Carr, J Jeffrey ^d   Wong, Nathan ^e   Detrano, Robert ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THORACIC AORTA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849126772     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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