Association between aortic calcification and stable obstructive coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-195

  Kim, Eung Ju ^a   Yong, Hwan Seok ^a   Seo, Hong Seog ^a   Lim, Sung Yoon ^a   Kim, Sun Won ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Kim, Yun Kyung ^a   Poddar, Kanhaiya L ^a   Ramasamy, Sureshkumar ^a   Na, Jin Oh ^a   Choi, Cheol Ung ^a   Lim, Hong Euy ^a   Kim, Jin Won ^a   Kim, Seong Hwan ^a   Lee, Eun Mi ^b   Rha, Seung Woon ^a   Park, Chang Gyu ^a   Oh, Dong Joo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic calcification; Cardiac CT; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 81755168938     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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