Atherosclerotic changes in the carotid artery bulb as measured by B- mode ultrasound are associated with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1189-1194

  Hulthe, Johannes ^a   Wikstrand, John ^a   Emanuelsson, Håkan ^b   Wiklund, Olov ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^c   Wendelhag, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid artery disease; Coronary artery disease; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030995766     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.6.1189     Document Type: Article

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