Deviation from Murray's law is associated with a higher degree of calcification in coronary bifurcations

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-130

  Schoenenberger, Andreas W ^a,b   Urbanek, Nadja ^a,c   Toggweiler, Stefan ^c   Seelos, Robert ^c   Jamshidi, Peiman ^c   Resink, Thérèse J ^d   Erne, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Luzerner Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy and histology; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Coronary artery disease; Coronary vessels; Etiology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MURRAY LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; THEORY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWITZERLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857029723     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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