The stiffness of the common carotid artery in patients with Graves' disease

International Angiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 152-157

  Czarkowski, M ^a   Hilgertner, L ^a   Powalowski T ^a   Radomski, D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery, common; Graves' disease; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHESIS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; RIGIDITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; THYROID HORMONES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036620027     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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