Prognostic implications of sonographic characteristics of carotid plaques in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 819-820

  Komorovsky, Roman ^a,c   Desideri, A ^a   Coscarelli, S ^a   Cortigiani, L ^b   Tonello, D ^a   Visona A ^a   Celegon, L ^a  

^a S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^b CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20044370167     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.042283     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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