Radial arterial wave reflection is associated with the MEGA risk prediction score, an indicator of coronary heart disease risk, in middle-aged men with mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 688-694

  Otsuka, Toshiaki ^a   Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a   Ibuki, Chikao ^b   Kusama, Yoshiki ^c  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Coronary heart disease; Hypercholesterolemia; MEGA risk prediction score; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERIAL WAVE REFLECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955791180     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.2949     Document Type: Article

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