Calcification of the thoracic aorta as detected by spiral computed tomography among stable angina pectoris patients: Association with cardiovascular events and death

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1328-1334

  Eisen, Alon ^a   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a   Koren Morag, Nira ^a   Tanne, David ^a,b   Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Imazio, Massimo ^c   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a   Motro, Michael ^a   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a   Adler, Yehuda ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORACIC AORTA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 54049143239     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.712141     Document Type: Article

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