Extent and severity of atherosclerotic vascular disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography - The Kuwait vascular study

Angiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Thomas, Christus Singh ^a   Varghese, Kiron ^a   Habib, Farida ^a   Abraham, Mullaseril Thomas ^a   Hayat, Nasser Jowhar ^a   Cherian, George ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RENAL ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037280078     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400111     Document Type: Article

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