Ankle-brachial index as a predictor of the extent of coronary atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 615-618

  Papamichael, Christos M ^a   Lekakis, John P ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S ^a   Papaioannou, Theodoros G ^a   Alevizaki, Maria K ^a   Cimponeriu, Adriana T ^a   Kanakakis, John E ^a   Papapanagiotou, Aggeliki ^a   Kalofoutis, Anastasios Th ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios F ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 18544407861     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01038-9     Document Type: Article

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