Assessment of carotid intima-media thickness in subjects with ischemic cerebrovascular events undergoing endarterectomy

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 536-542

  De Michele, Mario ^a   Zaccaro, Daniel J ^b   Bond, Gene ^b  

^a g Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic pathology; Carotid intima media thickness; Cerebrovascular event

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ROC CURVE; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33751200505     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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