Carotid artery intima-media thickness could predict the presence of coronary artery lesions

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 601-606

  Kotsis, Vasilios T ^a,b   Pitiriga, Vassiliki Ch ^a   Stabouli, Stella V ^a   Papamichael, Christos M ^a   Toumanidis, Savvas T ^a   Rokas, Stelios G ^a   Zakopoulos, Nikos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Carotid atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 18844421595     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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