Open AccessCoronary Artery Calcification Is Associated With the Development of Hypertension
Author(s) -
Chagai Grossman,
Joseph Shemesh,
Zamir Dovrish,
Nira Koren Morag,
Shlomo Segev,
Ehud Grossman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hps028
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , blood pressure , cardiology , body mass index , calcification
Hypertension (HTN) is associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC). We hypothesized that preexisting CAC is associated with the development of HTN.
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