Progression of coronary artery calcification: Not down-and-out

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 735-736

  McEvoy, John W ^a   Blaha, Michael J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; NIFEDIPINE;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77951655786     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.60     Document Type: Note

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