Relationship of carotid distensibility and thoracic aorta calcification: Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Hypertension

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1408-1415

  Blaha, Michael J ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^b   Rivera, Juan J ^a   Katz, Ronit ^c   O'Leary, Daniel H ^d   Polak, Joseph F ^e   Takasu, Junichiro ^b   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Carney Hospital   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid compliance; Carotid stiffness; Coronary calcification; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Thoracic aorta calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA; WAVEFORM; AORTA DISEASE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ELASTICITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349116231     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.138396     Document Type: Article

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