Clinical characteristics of patients with premature lower extremity atherosclerosis associated with familial early cardiovascular disease and/or cancer

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Levy, P J ^a   Jackson, S A ^a   McCoy, T P ^a   Ferrario, C M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Familial; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EARLY CANCER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749318830     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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