Relationship between Plaque Morphology of Carotid Artery and Aortic Valve Calcification

Angiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 637-640

  Soylu, Mustafa ^a,b   Demir, Ahmet Duran ^a   Özdemir, Özcan ^a   Uzun, Yücel ^a   Korkmaz, Şule ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTIC VALVULAR CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; STENOSIS;

EID: 0344442814     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400601     Document Type: Article

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