Coronary artery calcification: Pathogenesis and prognostic implications

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1703-1714

  Madhavan, Mahesh V ^a   Tarigopula, Madhusudhan ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Généreux, Philippe ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary artery calcification; coronary artery disease; PCI

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMILORIDE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM ACETATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; GARLIC EXTRACT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; NIFEDIPINE; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; SEVELAMER; UBIDECARENONE;

AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CUTTING BALLOON ATHEROTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LASER CORONARY ATHERECTOMY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY; PACLITAXEL ELUTING STENT; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SMOKING; ATHERECTOMY; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXCIMER LASER; GENE MUTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PCI;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84899642596     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.01.017     Document Type: Review

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