Stabilization of carotid atheroma assessed by quantitative ultrasound analysis in nonhypercholesterolemic patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2022-2030

  Watanabe, Keisuke ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a,c   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^b   Honda, Osamu ^a   Fukushima, Hironobu ^a   Koga, Hidenobu ^a   Horibata, Yoko ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRAVASTATIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 28244435764     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.04.070     Document Type: Article

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