Relation of aortic calcification, wall thickness, and distensibility with severity of coronary artery disease: Evaluation with coronary CT angiography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 839-844

  Jang, Seonah ^a   Yong, Hwan Seok ^a   Doo, Kyung Won ^a   Kang, Eun Young ^a   Woo, Ok Hee ^a   Choi, Eun Jung ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic calcification; Aortic distensibility; Aortic wall thickness; Coronary artery disease; CT coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

AORTIC DISTENSIBILITY; AORTIC WALLS; CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS; CHEST CT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES; LOW DOSE; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC AORTA; WALL THICKNESS;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; DISEASES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84867724420     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.110604     Document Type: Article

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