Relationship between common carotid intima-media thickness and thoracic aortic calcification: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-146

  Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Katz, Ronit ^b   Rivera, Juan J ^c,d   O'Brien, Kevin D ^e   Shavelle, David M ^a   Probstfield, Jeffrey L ^b   O'Leary, Daniel ^f   Nasir, Khurram ^a,c,d  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Carney Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic calcification; Atherosclerosis; Cardiac CT; Carotid IMT; Ethnic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC AORTA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77049104265     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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