Distribution, size, shape, growth potential and extent of abdominal aortic calcified deposits predict mortality in postmenopausal women

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nielsen, Mads ^a,b   Ganz, Melanie ^a,b   Lauze, Francois ^a   Pettersen, Paola C ^c   de Bruijne, Marleen ^a,d   Clarkson, Thomas B ^e   Dam, Erik B ^b   Christiansen, Claus ^b   Karsdal, Morten A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC BIOSCIENCE A S   (Denmark)

^c CCBR/SYNARC   (Denmark)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTIC CALCIFICATION SEVERITY SCORE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK SCORE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ATHEROSCLEROTIC CALCIFICATION DISTRIBUTION INDEX; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; BACK; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149254858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-10-56     Document Type: Article

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