Association between mitral annulus calcification and carotid atherosclerotic disease

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1833-1837

  Adler, Yehuda ^a   Koren, Arnon ^b,c   Fink, Noam ^a   Tanne, David ^a   Fusman, Renato ^a   Assali, Abid ^a   Yahav, Jakov ^a   Zelikovski, Avigdor ^b,c   Sagie, Alex ^a,b  

^a Sheingarten Echocardiography Unit   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Mitral annulus calcification; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031687483     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.9.1833     Document Type: Article

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