Asymptomatic carotid lesions and aging: Role of hypertension and other traditional and emerging risk factors

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-347

  Milio, Glauco ^a   Corrado, Egle ^a   Sorrentino, Daniela ^a   Muratori, Ida ^a   La Carrubba, Salvatore ^a   Mazzola, Giuseppe ^a   Tantillo, Rosalba ^a   Vitale, Giustina ^a   Mansueto, Serafino ^a   Novo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Hypertension; Intima medial thickening

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644544360     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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