Coronary artery calcification on electron beam computed tomography: A 6-year follow-up study of HIV-infected patients

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-114

  Adeyemi, Oluwatoyin M ^a   Rezai, Katayoun ^a   Akimov, Sergey ^a   Hwang, Jessica ^a   Sha, Beverly E ^a   Kessler, Harold A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52049084660     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31816de252     Document Type: Letter

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