Association between coronary artery atherosclerosis and the intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery measured on ultrasonography;Associação entre a doença aterosclerótica coronariana e a espessura médio-íntimal da carótida comum através da ultra-sonografia

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 585-592

  Da Rosa, Eduardo Maffini ^b   Kramer, Caroline ^b   Castro, Iran ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Coronary artery disease; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THICKNESS; TUNICA MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0141482215     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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