Extracoronary atherosclerosis in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease: Relationship with risk factors and the severity of coronary artery disease

International Angiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Pipitone, S ^a   Corrado, E ^a   Muratori, I ^a   Novo, G ^a   Evola, S ^a   Fabbiano, A ^a   Trapani, R ^a   Zarcone, P ^a   Assennato, P ^a   Hoffmann, E ^a   Novo, Sav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Coronary artery disease; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38949174235     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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