No correlation and low agreement of imaging and inflammatory atherosclerosis' markers in familial hypercholesterolemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Martinez, Lilton R C ^a   Miname, Marcio H ^a   Bortolotto, Luiz A ^a   Chacra, Ana P M ^a   Rochitte, Carlos E ^a   Sposito, Andrei C ^b   Santos, Raul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary artery calcification; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Inflammation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 49749103993     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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