Usefulness of Carotid Ultrasound to Improve the Ability of Stress Testing to Predict Coronary Artery Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1196-1200

  Kanwar, Manpreet ^a   Rosman, Howard S ^b   Fozo, Paul K ^b   Fahmy, Samer ^b   Vikraman, Narayanan ^b   Gardin, Julius M ^b   Bess, Renee L ^b   Cohen, Gerald I ^b  

^a Allergy/Asthma/Immunology   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34247525571     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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