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Relationship between Smoking and Abdominal Aorta Calcification on Computed Tomography

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of atherosclerosis, which often develops as vascular calcification on radiologic examinations. This study evaluated the relationship between smoking-related factors and incidental abdominal aorta calcification (AAC) detected by computed tomography (CT...

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Autores principales: Jung, Jin-Gyu, Wu, Li-Tzy, Kim, Jong-Sung, Kim, Eung-Du, Yoon, Seok-Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6669383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30613068
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.17.0098