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Master of Public Health

Thoracic extra-coronary calcification for the prediction of stroke: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

AUTHORS

Kianoush S , Al Rifai M , Cainzos-Achirica M , Al-Mallah MH , Tison GH , Yeboah J , Miedema MD , Allison MA , Wong ND , DeFilippis AP , Longstreth W , Nasir K , Budoff MJ , Matsushita K , Blaha MJ , . Atherosclerosis. 2017 12 1; 267(). 61-67

ABSTRACT

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease. We examined whether the cumulative burden of thoracic extra-coronary calcification (ECC) improves prediction of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and stroke mortality beyond traditional risk factors and coronary artery calcium (CAC).

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease. We examined whether the cumulative burden of thoracic extra-coronary calcification (ECC) improves prediction of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and stroke mortality beyond traditional risk factors and coronary artery calcium (CAC).

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