Association of carotid intima-media thickness with left main coronary artery disease

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-55

  Kasliwal, Ravi R ^a   Bansal, Manish ^a   Gupta, Hansa ^a   Agrawal, Sweta ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasound; Sub clinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34047127001     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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