Homocysteine is related to aortic mineralization in patients with ischemic heart disease

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-297

  Peña Duque, Marco A ^a   Baños González, Manuel A ^a   Valente Acosta, Benjamín ^a,b   Rodríguez Lobato, Luis Gerardo ^a   Martínez Ríos, Marco A ^a   Cardoso Saldaña, Guillermo ^a   Barragán García, Rodolfo ^a   Herrera Alarcón, Valentín ^a   Linares López, Carlos ^c   Delgado Granados, Hugo ^c   de la Peña Díaz, Aurora ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Homocysteine; Iron; Ischemic heart disease; Vascular mineralization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MINERALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84859040045     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.10157     Document Type: Article

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