Determinants of calcification growth in atherosclerotic carotid arteries; a serial multi-detector CT angiography study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-99

  van Gils, M J ^a   Bodde, M C ^a   Cremers, L G M ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a   Van der Lugt, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Carotid; MDCTA imaging; Risk factors; Serial

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873453094     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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