Coronary calcification: Insights from sudden coronary death victims

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Burke, A P ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Farb, A ^a   Malcom, G T ^b   Virmani, R ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Coronary atherosclerosis; Diabetes mellitus; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4243299480     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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