Aortic valve calcium on spiral computed tomography (dual slice mode) is associated with advanced coronary calcium in hypertensive patients.

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Published in Coron Artery Dis on June 01, 2002

Authors

Yehuda Adler1, Joseph Shemesh, Alexander Tenenbaum, Boaz Hovav, Enrique Z Fisman, Michael Motro

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. aldery@yahoo.com

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