Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement and peripheral B-mode ultrasound scan in the clinical screening of patients with coronary artery disease

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-279

  Balbarini, Alberto ^a,b   Buttitta, Flavio ^a   Limbruno, Ugo ^a   Petronio, Anna Sonia ^a   Baglini, Roberto ^a   Strata, Giancarlo ^a   Mariotti, Rita ^a   Ciccone, M ^c   Mariani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033995930     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100401     Document Type: Article

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