Common carotid intima-media thickness in patients with peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm: The SMART study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Simons, P C G ^a   Algra, A ^a   Bots, M L ^a   Banga, J D ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a   Van Der Graaf, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atherosclerosis; Etiology; Peripheral vascular disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032856543     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(99)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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