Do hypertension and diabetes mellitus influence the site of atherosclerotic plaques?

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-13

  Danese, Chiara ^a,b   Vestri, A R ^a   D'Alfonso, V ^a   Deriu, G ^a   Dispensa, S ^a   Baldini, R ^a   Ambrosino, M ^a   Colotto, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Atherosclerotic risk factors; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33744767089     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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