Normal vascular function as a prerequisite for the absence of coronary calcification in patients free of cardiovascular disease and diabetes

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2705-2710

  Li, Jing ^a,b   Flammer, Andreas J ^a   Nelson, Rebecca E ^a   Gulati, Rajiv ^a   Friedman, Paul A ^a   Thomas, Randal J ^a   Sandhu, Nicole P ^a   Reriani, Martin K ^a   Lerman, Lilach O ^a   Lerman, Amir ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcium; Electron beam computed tomography; Endothelial function

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84869118339     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0683     Document Type: Article

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