Diagnostic value of carotid intima-media thickness in indicating multi-level atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-400

  Kablak Ziembicka, Anna ^a   Przewlocki, Tadeusz ^a   Tracz, Wieslawa ^a   Pieniazek, Piotr ^a   Musialek, Piotr ^a   Stopa, Ireneusz ^a   Zalewski, Jaroslaw ^a   Zmudka, Krzysztof ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary and renal angiography; Doppler ultrasound of supraaortic and lower limb arteries; Multi level atherosclerotic lesions

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34447315856     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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