Association of aortic wall thickness on contrast-enhanced chest CTwith major cerebro-cardiac events

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1040-1049

  Tresoldi, Silvia ^a   Di Leo, Giovanni ^b   Zoffoli, Elena ^c   Munari, Alice ^d   Primolevo, Alessandra ^d   Cornalba, Gianpaolo ^d   Sardanelli, Francesco ^d  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular diseases; cerebrovascular insufficiency; multidetector computed tomography (MDCT); risk factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEART; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY; MULTI DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES (MDCT); RISK FACTORS;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; AORTA DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; VERY ELDERLY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84922248849     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113513978     Document Type: Article

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