Carotid intima-media thickness in pre-and postmenopausal women with suspected coronary artery disease

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 295-300

  Kablak Ziembicka, Anna ^a   Przewlocki, Tadeusz ^a   Tracz, Wieslawa ^a   Pieniazek, Piotr ^a   Musialek, Piotr ^a   Sokolowski, Andrzej ^b   Drwila, Rafal ^a   Rzeznik, Daniel ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary artery disease; Postmenopausal women; Premenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 53149127303     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1044-y     Document Type: Article

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