Increased coronary artery calcium score and noncalcified plaque among HIV-infected men: Relationship to metabolic syndrome and cardiac risk parameters

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-499

  Fitch, Kathleen V ^a   Lo, Janet ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian ^a   Shturman, Leon ^a   Soni, Anand ^a   Sacks, Rachel ^a   Wei, Jeffrey ^a   Grinspoon, Steven ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; HIV; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PLAQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649371797     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181edab0b     Document Type: Article

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