The role of the framingham risk score to predict the presence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in patients with HIV infection

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-304

  Rossi, Rosario ^a   Nuzzo, Annachiara ^a   Guaraldi, Giovanni ^a   Orlando, Gabriella ^a   Squillace, Nicola ^a   Ligabue, Guido ^a   Fiocchi, Federica ^a   Girolamo, Andrea Di ^a   Romagnoli, Renato ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349673712     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181b18c19     Document Type: Letter

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