Association between gamma-glutamyltransferase and coronary artery calcification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1264-1267

  Atar, Asli I ^a   Yilmaz, Omer C ^a   Akin, Kayihan ^a   Selcoki, Yusuf ^a   Er, Okan ^a   Eryonucu, Beyhan ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary Artery Calcium score; Coronary heart disease; GGT

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; GGT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84881474373     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.157     Document Type: Article

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