Growth patterns of abdominal atherosclerotic calcified deposits from lumbar lateral X-rays

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 751-761

  Lillemark, Lene ^a,b   Ganz, Melanie ^a,b   Barascuk, Natasha ^b   Dam, Erik B ^b   Nielsen, Mads ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC BIOSCIENCE A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal Aortic Calcification; Atherosclerosis; Growth patterns; X ray

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049345609     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9606-3     Document Type: Article

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