Evaluation of arterial compliance in patients with carotid arterial atherosclerosis

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 598-604

  Lin, Wei Wen ^a   Chen, Ying Tsung ^a,b,c,d   Hwang, Dar San ^a   Ting, Chih Tai ^a,b,c   Wang, Kuo Yang ^a   Lin, Chun Jou ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPLIANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032844188     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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