Correlation between coronary artery disease and aortic arch plaque thickness measured by non-invasive B-mode ultrasonography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Couturier, Georg ^a   Voustaniouk, Andre ^b   Weinberger, Jesse ^b   Fuster, Valentin ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; B mode ultrasonography; Coronary artery disease; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 30944465019     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.05.035     Document Type: Article

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