Atherosclerosis in ancient egyptian mummies: The horus study

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-327

  Allam, Adel H ^a   Thompson, Randall C ^b,c   Wann, L Samuel ^d   Miyamoto, Michael I ^e,f   Nur El Din, Abd El Halim ^g,h   El Maksoud, Gomaa Abd ^g   Al Tohamy Soliman, Muhammad ⁱ   Badr, Ibrahem ^j   El Rahman Amer, Hany Abd ⁱ   Sutherland, M Linda ^k   Sutherland, James D ^l   Thomas, Gregory S ^e,m  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

^e Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA   (Egypt)

ⁱ NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^j Institute of Restoration   (Egypt)

^k Newport Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^l South Coast Radiologic Medical Group   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

arterial calcifications; atherosclerosis; computed tomography scan; coronary artery disease; coronary calcification; mummies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEATH; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMMIES; ODDS RATIO; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954480056     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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