Relationship between coronary artery and descending thoracic aortic calcification as detected by computed tomography: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 440-446

  Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a   O'Brien, Kevin D ^b   Shavelle, David M ^b   Probstfield, Jeffrey L ^b   Jeffrey Carr, J ^c   Katz, Ronit ^b  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Coronary calcium; MDCT; Thoracic disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349245457     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.09.041     Document Type: Article

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