Common carotid intima-media thickness measurement is not a pertinent predictor for secondary cardiovascular events after coronary bypass surgery. A prospective study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-419

  Aboyans, Victor ^a   Guilloux, Jérôme ^a   Lacroix, Philippe ^a   Yildiz, Cengiz ^a   Postil, Annabel ^a   Laskar, Marc ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid; Coronary surgery; Intima media thickness; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 23844491113     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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