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Signs of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in relation to risk factor distribution in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study (HNR)

AIMS: Modern imaging technology allows us the visualization of coronary artery calcification (CAC), a marker of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis. The prevalence, quantity, and risk factors for CAC were compared between two studies with similar imaging protocols but different source populations:...

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Autores principales: Erbel, Raimund, Delaney, Joseph A.C., Lehmann, Nils, McClelland, Robyn L., Möhlenkamp, Stefan, Kronmal, Richard A., Schmermund, Axel, Moebus, Susanne, Dragano, Nico, Stang, Andreas, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Budoff, Matthew J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2582985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18845666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn439