The association between cardiac calcification and coronary artery disease

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Chu, Honggang ^a,b   Chen, Jinling ^a   Guo, Ruiqiang ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Aortic valve annulus calcification; Aortic valve calcification; Coronary artery disease; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE CALCIFICATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69249093481     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.4.2041619     Document Type: Article

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