Arterial stiffening relates to arterial calcification but not to noncalcified atheroma in women: A twin study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1480-1486

  Cecelja, Marina ^a   Jiang, Benyu ^a   Bevan, Lisa ^a   Frost, Michelle L ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Chowienczyk, Phil J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arteriosclerosis; atherosclerosis; bone mineral density; calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TWINS;

AGE FACTORS; AORTOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE DENSITY; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79952934819     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.079     Document Type: Article

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