The presence of a calcific plaque in the common carotid artery as a predictor of coronary atherosclerosis

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-592

  Kanadaşi, Mehmet ^a,b   Çayli, Murat ^a   Şan, Mustafa ^a   Aikimbaev, Kairgeldy ^a   Alhan, C Cumhur ^a   Demir, Mesut ^a   Demirtaş, Mustafa ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33749847217     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319706293123     Document Type: Article

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