Association of wall thickness of the brachial artery measured with high-resolution ultrasound with risk factors and coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1025-1029

  Weidinger, Franz ^a   Frick, Matthias ^a   Alber, Hannes F ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Schwarzacher, Severin P ^a   Pachinger, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036569952     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02269-5     Document Type: Article

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