The perimenopausal atherosclerosis transition: Relationships between calcified and noncalcified coronary, aortic, and carotid atherosclerosis and risk factors and hormone levels

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-15

  Munir, Jamalah A ^a   Wu, Hongyan ^a   Bauer, Kelly ^a   Bindeman, Jody ^a   Byrd, Carole ^a   Feuerstein, Irwin M ^a   Villines, Todd C ^a   Taylor, Allen J ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hormones; Imaging; Women

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84655163438     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318221bc8d     Document Type: Article

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