The effect of four-year hypolipidaemic treatment on the intimal thickness of the common carotid artery in patients with familiar hyperlipidaemia

International Angiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Spacil J ^a,b   Ceska R ^a   Petrasek J ^a   Sobra J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carotid artery, common; Hyperlipidaemia drug therapy; Hyperlipidaemia, familial; Tunica intima, ultrasonography; Tunica media, ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; COLESTIPOL; FENOFIBRATE; GEMFIBROZIL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MEVINOLIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULTRASOUND;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA, FAMILIAL COMBINED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0342948939     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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