Hemorheological parameters in correlation with the risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Velcheva, Irena ^a   Antonova, Nadia ^b   Titianova, Ekaterina ^c   Damianov, Petar ^a   Dimitrov, Nikolay ^a   Ivanov, Ivan ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

^c MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Blood and plasma viscosity; Carotid atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PLASMA VISCOSITY; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33746384469     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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