Aortic distensibility and its relationship to coronary and thoracic atherosclerosis plaque and morphology by MDCT: Insights from the ROMICAT Trial

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1616-1621

  Siegel, Emily ^a   Thai, Wai Ee ^a   Techasith, Tust ^a   Major, Gyongyi ^a   Szymonifka, Jackie ^b   Tawakol, Ahmed ^a   Nagurney, John T ^b   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic distensibility; Cardiovascular aging; Computed tomography; Coronary atherosclerosis; Peripheral vascular disease; Thoracic atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; THORACIC AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

AORTIC DISTENSIBILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; THORACIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THORACIC ARTERIES;

EID: 84881480897     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.107     Document Type: Article

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