Relation of Infra-Renal Abdominal Aortic Calcific Deposits and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-899

  Parr, Adam ^a   Buttner, Petra ^a   Shahzad, Anwar ^b   Golledge, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFRARENAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFIC DEPOSITS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649187756     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.10.067     Document Type: Article

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