Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2010

Relationship of aortic valve calcification with coronary artery calcium severity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

  • Khurram Nasir, MD MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Blalock 524 C, Johns Hopkins University, 600N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Ronit Katz, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Junichiro Takasu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
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  • David M. Shavelle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
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  • Jeffery J. Carr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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  • Richard Kronmal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Roger S. Blumenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Blalock 524 C, Johns Hopkins University, 600N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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  • Kevin O'Brien, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA, USA

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 10 November 2009 ,Accepted 4 December 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

 This research was supported by R01 HL071739 and contracts N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95165 and N01 HC 95169 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00637-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.12.002

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2010

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