Intima-media thickness in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 614-619

  Demircan, Şenol ^a   Sezgin, Alpay T ^a   Baltali, Mehmet ^a   Gülcan, Öner ^a   Topcu, Semra ^a   Yigit, Fatma ^a   Erol, Tansel ^a   Turkoz, Riza ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a   Özin, Bülent ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; ODDS RATIO; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 35448958490     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707307842     Document Type: Article

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