Internal carotid artery occlusion: Association with atherosclerotic disease in other arterial beds and vascular risk factors

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-335

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a,c   Liapis, Christos D ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250788138     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707301754     Document Type: Article

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