Validity and usefulness of aortic arch calcification in chest X-ray

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-264

  Hashimoto, Hiroko ^a   Iijima, Katsuya ^a   Hashimoto, Masayoshi ^b   Son, Bo Kyung ^a   Ota, Hidetaka ^a   Ogawa, Sumito ^a   Eto, Masato ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic arch calcification; Atherosclerotic risk stratification; Grading; Risk factor clustering

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDITY;

EID: 70350220515     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.E570     Document Type: Article

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