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

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-th...

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Main Authors: Melanie Ganz, Marleen de Bruijne, Erik B. Dam, Paola Pettersen, Morten A. Karsdal, Claus Christiansen, Mads Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/459286
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