Arterial Age as a Function of Coronary Artery Calcium (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA])

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  McClelland, Robyn L ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^b   Budoff, Matthew ^c   Blumenthal, Roger S ^d   Kronmal, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALCIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149459500     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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