The association of brachial artery diameter with noncalcified coronary plaque burden in apparently healthy individuals

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 657-662

  Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Kral, Brian G ^a   Yanek, Lisa R ^a   Moy, Taryn F ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Becker, Diane M ^a   Becker, Lewis C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial artery; computed tomographic angiography; remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFIED PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY NONCALCIFIED PLAQUE; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888135199     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000034     Document Type: Article

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