Calcified plaques of extracranial carotid arteries compared to traditional risk factors as predictor for coronary artery disease;Kalzifizierte plaques der extrakraniellen hirnversorgenden gefäßge im vergleich mit traditionellen risikofaktoren als prädiktor für relevante koronararterienstenosen

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Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 454-460

  Nossen, Jörg ^b   Vierzigmann, Thomas ^b   Weiß, Werner ^b   Lang, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcified plaques; Coronary artery disease; Coronary risk factors; Extracranial carotid artery

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX;

EID: 0035183370     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00002048     Document Type: Article

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