Carotid intima-media thickness is only weakly correlated with the extent and severity of coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2127-2134

  Adams, Mark R ^a   Nakagomi, Akihiro ^a   Keech, Anthony ^a,c   Robinson, Jacqui ^a,b   McCredie, Robyn ^a,b   Bailey, Brian P ^a   Freedman, S Ben ^a   Celermajer, David S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

arteries; atherosclerosis; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028892769     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.92.8.2127     Document Type: Article

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