Prevalence and distribution of abdominal aortic calcium by gender and age group in a community-based cohort (from the Framingham Heart Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 891-896

  Chuang, Michael L ^a   Massaro, Joseph M ^a   Levitzky, Yamini S ^a   Fox, Caroline S ^a,b,d   Manders, Emily S ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^c,d   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865450264     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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