Usefulness in predicting coronary artery disease by ultrasonic evaluation of the carotid arteries in asymptomatic hypercholesterolemic patients with positive exercise stress tests

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Giral, Philippe ^e   Bruckert, Eric ^a   Dairou, François ^a   Boubrit, Kamal ^b   Drobinski, Gérard ^b   Chapman, John M ^c   Beucler, Isabel ^d   Turpin, Gérard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b Service de Cardiologie   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Inst Federatif R   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033034377     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00184-8     Document Type: Article

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