Coronary artery calcification correlates with the presence and severity of valve calcification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5263-5266

  Koulaouzidis, G ^a   Nicoll, R ^a   Macarthur, T ^b   Jenkins, P J ^b   Henein, M Y ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b European Scanning Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic valve calcification; Coronary artery calcification; Mitral annulus calcification; Valve calcification

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; VALVE CALCIFICATION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84887134397     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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