Do different vascular risk factors affect all arteries equally?

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-401

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Bessias, Nikolaos ^a   Papas, Theofanis T ^a   Gekas, Christos D ^a   Andrikopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Diabetes mellitus; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Peripheral arterial disease; Smoking; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 49649087213     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708318383     Document Type: Review

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