Common carotid intima-media thickness is correlated with myocardial flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease: A useful non-invasive indicator of coronary atherosclerosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 131-136

  Sonoda, Makoto ^a   Yonekura, Katsunori ^a   Yokoyama, Ikuo ^a   Takenaka, Katsu ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a   Aoyagi, Teruhiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1242272208     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(03)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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