The relationship between carotid intima-media thickness and coronary atherosclerosis revisited

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2049-2050

  Simon, Alain ^a   Chironi, Gilles ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34948828485     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm320     Document Type: Editorial

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