Corneal arcus as coronary artery disease risk factor

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Fernández, Antonio ^a   Sorokin, Alexey ^a,b   Thompson, Paul D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Corneal arcus; Coronary heart disease; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AMERICAN INDIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCUS SENILIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34447310022     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.08.060     Document Type: Review

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