Prevalence of diabetes and/or ischaemic heart disease in classes of increasing carotid artery atherosclerosis: An ultrasonographic study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 670-676

  Inchiostro, Sandro ^a   Dalfollo, M ^a   Marzano, A ^a   Citroni, N ^a   Peccatori, S ^a   Fait, D ^a   De Venuto, G ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasonography; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes mellitus; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041633534     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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