Subclinical carotid atherosclerosis and early vascular aging from long-term low-dose ionizing radiation exposure: A genetic, telomere, and vascular ultrasound study in cardiac catheterization laboratory staff

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 616-627

  Andreassi, Maria Grazia ^a   Piccaluga, Emanuela ^b   Gargani, Luna ^a   Sabatino, Laura ^a   Borghini, Andrea ^a   Faita, Francesco ^a   Bruno, Rosa Maria ^a   Padovani, Renato ^c   Guagliumi, Giulio ^d   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheterization laboratory; ionizing radiation exposure; vascular aging

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; THREONINE; XRCC3 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBCLINICAL CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; TELOMERE; WORKLOAD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; AGING; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84928010682     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.12.233     Document Type: Article

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