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Distribution, Size, and Shape of Abdominal Aortic Calcified Deposits and Their Relationship to Mortality in Postmenopausal Women

Abdominal aortic calcifications (AACs) correlate strongly with coronary artery calcifications and can be predictors of cardiovascular mortality. We investigated whether size, shape, and distribution of AACs are related to mortality and how such prognostic markers perform compared to the state-of-the...

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Autores principales: Ganz, Melanie, de Bruijne, Marleen, Dam, Erik B., Pettersen, Paola, Karsdal, Morten A., Christiansen, Claus, Nielsen, Mads
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22719751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/459286