Carotid atherosclerosis as a risk factor for complex aortic lesions in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 597-600

  Shimizu, Yoshiomi ^a   Kitagawa, Kazuo ^a   Nagai, Yoji ^a   Narita, Masako ^a   Hougaku, Hidetaka ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^b   Hori, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037931545     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.597     Document Type: Article

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