Increased peripheral arterial calcification in patients receiving warfarin

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Han, Kum Hyun ^a,b   O'Neill, W Charles ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; WARFARIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998981083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002665     Document Type: Article

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