Morphological differences of the internal thoracic artery in patients with and without coronary artery disease - Evaluation by duplex-scanning

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 755-759

  Marx, R ^a   Jax, T W ^b   Plehn, G ^b   Schannwell, C M ^b   Horlitz, M ^a   Klein, R M ^a   Lapp, H ^a   Gulker H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Internal thoracic artery; Intima media thickness; Ultrasonic scanning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSPLANTATION; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THORACIC ARTERIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0035486747     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00919-8     Document Type: Article

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