The impact of the menopause on coronary artery calcification examined by multislice computed tomography scanning

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Hsu, Chung Hua ^a,b   Chang, Steve G N ^b   Hwang, Kung Chang ^b   Kuo, Chang Feng ^b   Chang, Hen Hong ^c   Chou, P H Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bali Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Multislice computed tomography scan; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44149109430     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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