Impaired aortic distensibility measured by computed tomography is associated with the severity of coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-469

  Ahmadi, Naser ^a   Nabavi, Vahid ^a   Hajsadeghi, Fereshteh ^a   Flores, Ferdinand ^a   Azmoon, Shahdad ^d   Ismaeel, Hussain ^a   Shavelle, David ^c   Mao, Song S ^a   Ebrahimi, Ramin ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2D Trans thoracic echocardiography; Aortic distensibility index; Computed tomographic angiography; Coronary artery calcium score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC DISTENSIBILITY INDEX; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; CALIFORNIA; COMPLIANCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958751899     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9680-6     Document Type: Article

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