Predictive value of associations between carotid and coronary artery disease in patients with acute coronary syndromes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-119

  Komorovsky, Roman ^a,b   Desideri, Alessandro ^a   Coscarelli, Sebastian ^a   Cortigiani, Lauro ^c   Tonello, Diego ^b   Visonà, Adriana ^b   Celegon, Leopoldo ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^c CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11144225914     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.075     Document Type: Article

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