Signs of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in relation to risk factor distribution in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study (HNR)

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2782-2791

  Erbel, Raimund ^a   Delaney, Joseph A C ^b   Lehmann, Nils ^a   McClelland, Robyn L ^b   Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a   Kronmal, Richard A ^b   Schmermund, Axel ^c   Moebus, Susanne ^a   Dragano, Nico ^d   Stang, Andreas ^e   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Cardiac Center Bethanien   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcium; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56449104302     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn439     Document Type: Article

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