Correlation between coronary plaque burden and heart weight

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 610-614

  Zhang, MingChang ^a,b   Shields, Julia ^b   Zhang, Yang ^b   Li, Ling ^a,b   Fowler, David ^a,b   Zhao, Ziqin ^a   Burke, Allen ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomegaly; Coronary atherosclerosis; Healed infarct; Heart weight; Sudden coronary death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867651918     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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