Thoracic aorta calcification detected by electron beam tomography predicts all-cause mortality

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-135

  Santos, Raul D ^a   Rumberger, John A ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Shaw, Leslee J ^d   Orakzai, Sarwar H ^e   Berman, Daniel ^f   Raggi, Paolo ^d   Blumenthal, Roger S ^g   Nasir, Khurram ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Princeton Longevity Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Electron beam tomography; Mortality; Risk factors; Thoracic aorta calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77149149991     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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