Coronary artery calcium is associated with degree of stenosis and surface irregularity of carotid artery

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-165

  Lee, Kyung Bok ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^b   Zavodni, Anna ^c   Polak, Joseph F ^d   Jeffrey Carr, J ^e   Burke, Gregory L ^e   Herrington, David M ^e  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Carotid arteries; Coronary artery; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84863103585     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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