Calcification in major vessel beds relates to vascular brain disease

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2331-2337

  Bos, Daniel ^a   Ikram, M Arfan ^a   Elias Smale, Suzette E ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Vernooij, Meike W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; calcification; epidemiology; imaging; vascular brain disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052966805     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.232728     Document Type: Article

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