Increased carotid artery plaque score is an independent predictor of the presence and severity of coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Morito, Natsumi ^a   Inoue, Yukiko ^b   Urata, Makiko ^a   Yahiro, Eiji ^b   Kodama, Sunao ^b   Fukuda, Naoka ^a   Saito, Naoko ^b   Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro ^b   Mihara, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamanouchi, Yoshio ^b   Saku, Keijiro ^a   Urata, Hidenori ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery plaque score; Carotid ultrasonography; Coronary artery disease; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 43949138611     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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