Carotid intima-media thickness as an independent predictor of coronary artery disease

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 458-462

  Jadhav, Uday M ^a   Kadam, N N ^a  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Coronary disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTIMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0035407974     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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