Concomitant insulin resistance and impaired vascular function is associated with increased coronary artery calcification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-165

  Ahmadi, Naser ^a   Tirunagaram, Sumithra ^a   Hajsadeghi, Fereshteh ^a   Flores, Ferdinand ^a   Saeed, Anila ^a   Hecht, Harvey ^c   Naghavi, Morteza ^b   Budoff, Matthew ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE)   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital thermal monitoring; Framingham risk score; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 77957864510     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.200     Document Type: Article

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