Carotid artery remodeling in middle-aged women with the metabolic syndrome (from the "progetto ATENA" study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1162-1165

  Iannuzzi, Arcangelo ^a   De Michele, Mario ^b   Bond, M Gene ^c   Sacchetti, Lucia ^b   Fortunato, Giuliana ^b   Salvatore, Francesco ^b   Mattiello, Amalia ^b   Panico, Salvatore ^b   Rubba, Paolo ^b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTIMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26244455134     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.048     Document Type: Article

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