Detection of Aortic Calcification during Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) Compared to Digital Radiography

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of mortality among post-menopausal women. Our objective was to determine whether or not lateral spine images obtained on a bone densitometer to detect prevalent vertebral fracture can also accurately detect radiographic abdominal aortic cal...

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Autores principales: Schousboe, John T., Wilson, Kevin E., Hangartner, Thomas N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1933602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17684561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000715

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1933602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17684561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000715

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