Association of subclinical wall changes of carotid, femoral, and popliteal arteries with obstructive coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography

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Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2538-2543

  Kafetzakis, Alexandros ^a   Kochiadakis, George ^a   Laliotis, Aggelos ^a   Peteinarakis, Ioannis ^a   Touloupakis, Emmanouel ^a   Igoumenidis, Nikos ^a   Katsamouris, Asterios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Intima media thickness; Occult atherosclerosis; Peripheral arterial disease; Ultrasonic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 27144548415     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2538     Document Type: Article

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