Blood viscosity and elevated carotid intima-media thickness in men and women: The Edinburgh Artery Study

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1467-1473

  Lee, Amanda J ^b   Mowbray, Philip I ^c   Lowe, Gordon D O ^a   Rumley, Ann ^a   Fowkes, F Gerald R ^c   Allan, Paul L ^c  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; Carotid arteries; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032554687     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.15.1467     Document Type: Article

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