The impact of carotid plaque presence and morphology on mortality outcome in cardiological patients

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Petersen, Christina ^a   Peçanha, Patricia B ^a   Venneri, Lucia ^a   Pasanisi, Emilio ^a   Pratali, Lorenza ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGING; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646928894     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-4-16     Document Type: Article

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