Intima-media thickness score from carotid and femoral arteries predicts the extent of coronary artery disease. Intima-media thickness and CAD

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-501

  Lekakis, John P ^a   Papamichael, Christos ^a   Papaioannou, Theodore G ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S ^a   Cimponeriu, Adriana ^a   Protogerou, Athanassios D ^a   Kanakakis, John ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios F ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artery; Carotid; Coronary artery disease; Femoral; Intima media thickness; Score

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 26444597996     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-004-8165-x     Document Type: Article

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