Associations between serum lipoprotein(a) levels and the severity of coronary and aortic atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Momiyama, Yukihiko ^a   Ohmori, Reiko ^b   Fayad, Zahi A ^d   Tanaka, Nobukiyo ^b   Kato, Ryuichi ^b   Taniguchi, Hiroaki ^b   Nagata, Masayoshi ^c   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Iruma Heart Hospital   (Japan)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic plaques; Coronary artery disease; Lipoprotein(a); MRI

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84859812998     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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