The LDL-cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol ratio and the severity of coronary and aortic atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 577-580

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

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Iruma Heart Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cholesterol ratio; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84861344113     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.03.023     Document Type: Letter

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