Abdominal aortic calcification detected by dual X-ray absorptiometry: A strong predictor for cardiovascular events

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 539-545

  Golestani, Reza ^a   Tio, René A ^a   Zeebregts, Clark J ^a   Zeilstra, Aafke ^a   Dierckx, Rudi A ^a   Boersma, Hendrikus H ^a   Hillege, Hans L ^a   Slart, Riemer H J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAC; abdominal aortic calcification; cardiovascular event; DEXA; VFA

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFICATION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 77958033254     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.515604     Document Type: Article

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