22 research outputs found
The human pathogenesis of SARS: Gene expression profiling of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
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Music practices and teachers’ needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea
Spikes with short inter-spike intervals in frog retinal ganglion cells are more correlated with their adjacent neurons’ activities
Plant cell walls and cell-wall polysaccharides: structures, properties and uses in food products
Aortic calcification
Objectives:\ud
Vascular calcification is a complicating factor observed in advanced atherosclerosis. This review summarises the present knowledge regarding abdominal aortic calcification.\ud
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Design:\ud
Literature review.\ud
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Methods:\ud
A literature review was carried using MEDLINE and PUBMED with the search terms ‘abdominal’, ‘aortic’ and ‘calcification’. Articles were assessed for data regarding mechanisms, measurement, risk factors and outcomes of aortic calcification.\ud
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Results:\ud
Thirty relevant studies were identified. These demonstrated a positive correlation between abdominal aortic calcification and the following factors: older age, hypertension, and smoking. Further studies are required to critically assess other risk factors such as gender, diabetes mellitus and renal failure. Calcification of the abdominal aorta is associated with an increased risk of mortality, coronary heart disease and stroke.\ud
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Conclusion:\ud
Aortic calcification predicts an increased incidence of cardiovascular events, however, the reasons for this association requires further investigation. Accurate measurement of aortic calcification is likely to be increasingly used to determine the risk of cardiovascular events