Breast arterial calcification and risk of carotid atherosclerosis: Focusing on the preferentially affected layer of the vessel wall

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-256

  Sedighi, Nahid ^a   Radmard, Amir Reza ^a   Radmehr, Ali ^a   Hashemi, Pari ^a   Hajizadeh, Abdolmahmoud ^a   Taheri, Amir Pejman Hashemi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast arterial calcification; Carotid atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular disease; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BREAST ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BREAST; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 80052154865     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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