Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as a Marker of Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertensive Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1058-1064

  Zielinski, Tomasz ^a   Dzielinska, Zofia ^a   Januszewicz, Andrzej ^a   Rynkun, Dariusz ^a   Makowiecka Ciesla, Magdalena ^a   Tyczynski, Pawel ^a   Prejbisz, Aleksander ^a   Demkow, Marcin ^a   Kadziela, Jacek ^a   Naruszewicz, Marek ^b   Januszewicz, Magdalena ^c   Juraszynski, Zbigniew ^a   Korewicki, Jerzy ^a   Ruzyllo, Witold ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; coronary artery disease; hypertension; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34548857920     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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