Effect of age on aortic atherosclerosis

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-140

  Chen, Michael A ^a   Kawakubo, Miwa ^b   Colletti, Patrick M ^b   Xu, Dongxiang ^c   Dustin, Laurie LaBree ^b   Detrano, Robert ^d   Azen, Stanley P ^b   Wong, Nathan D ^d   Zhao, Xue Qiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aortic atherosclerosis; Atherosclerotic risk factors; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84883280452     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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