Coronary artery calcification is an independent stroke predictor in the general population

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1008-1013

  Hermann, Dirk M ^a   Gronewold, Janine ^a   Lehmann, Nils ^b   Moebus, Susanne ^b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b   Bauer, Marcus ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron beam computed tomography; Plaque load; Risk stratification; Stroke prediction; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84876296281     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.678078     Document Type: Article

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