Association of aortic valve calcification to the presence, extent, and composition of coronary artery plaque burden: From the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 562-568

  Mahabadi, Amir A ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^b   Toepker, Michael ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^a   Rogers, Ian S ^a   Nagurney, John T ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IODIXANOL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349220901     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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