The predictive value of arterial and valvular calcification for mortality and cardiovascular events

IJC Heart and Vessels

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Nicoll, Rachel ^a   Henein, Michael Y ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Calcification; Carotid intracranial artery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFICATION; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CULPRIT PLAQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE CALCIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORACIC AORTA CALCIFICATION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERY CALCIFICATION; MITRAL ARTERY CALCIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL ARTERY CALCIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84901287380     PISSN: 22147632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchv.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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