Calcification of the thoracic aorta by spiral computed tomography among hypertensive patients: Associations and risk of ischemic cerebrovascular events
Authors:
- David TanneDTDavid Tanne
- Alexander TenenbaumATAlexander Tenenbaum
- Joseph ShemeshJSJoseph Shemesh
- Yvonne SchwammenthalYSYvonne Schwammenthal
- Enrique Z. FismanEFEnrique Z. Fisman
- Ehud SchwammenthalESEhud Schwammenthal
- Yehuda AdlerYAYehuda Adler
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 120 (1) , 32-37
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