Carotid atherosclerosis in chronic renal failure - The central role of increased plaque burden

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-302

  Leskinen, Yrjö ^a   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,b   Loimaala, Antti ^a   Lautamatti, Visa ^a   Kallio, Timo ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^c   Salenius, Juha P ^a   Saha, Heikki ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Carotid artery; Chronic renal failure; Intima media thickness; Plaque score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0344464806     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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