Carotid plaque composition in stable and unstable coronary artery disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 782-789

  Triposkiadis, Filippos ^a   Sitafidis, George ^a   Kostoulas, John ^a   Skoularigis, John ^a   Zintzaras, Elias ^b   Fezoulidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; THROMBUS; ULCER;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25844460759     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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