Thoracic aortic distensibility and thoracic aortic calcium (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA])

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-580

  Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^b   Katz, Ronit ^c   Takasu, Junichiro ^d   Lima, Joao A ^e   Bluemke, David A ^f   Hundley, Gregory ^g   Blumenthal, Roger S ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGATSTON ALGORITHM; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTIC CALCIUM; THORACIC AORTIC DISTENSIBILITY; AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955436251     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.03.074     Document Type: Article

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