Leukocyte Telomere Length and Coronary Artery Calcium

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-218

  Hunt, Steven C ^a,b   Kimura, Masayuki ^c   Hopkins, Paul N ^b   Carr, J Jeffrey ^d   Heiss, Gerardo ^e   Province, Michael A ^f   Aviv, Abraham ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE STRUCTURE; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; GENETICS; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE;

EID: 84931570688     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.03.060     Document Type: Article

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