Carotid intima-media thickness, carotid distensibility and mitral, aortic valve calcification: A useful diagnostic parameter of systemic atherosclerotic disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Sgorbini, Luca ^a   Scuteri, Angelo ^a   Leggio, Massimo ^b   Gianni, Walter ^a   Nevola, Edoardo ^a   Leggio, Francesco ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery disease; Heart disease; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PULSE PRESSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34247364656     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000268128.74413.1b     Document Type: Article

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