Carotid intima-media thickness by B-mode ultrasound as surrogate of coronary atherosclerosis: Correlation with quantitative coronary angiography and coronary intravascular ultrasound findings

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2094-2101

  Amato, Mauro ^a   Montorsi, Piero ^a,b   Ravani, Alessio ^a   Oldani, Elisa ^a   Galli, Stefano ^a,b   Ravagnani, Paolo M ^a,b   Tremoli, Elena ^a,c   Baldassarre, Damiano ^a,c  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid; Coronary; IVUS; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34948830609     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm244     Document Type: Article

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