Association of mitral annulus calcification, aortic valve calcification with carotid intima media thickness

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sgorbini, Luca ^a   Scuteri, Angelo ^a   Leggio, Massimo ^a   Leggio, Francesco ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis, imaging; Carotid artery disease; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PULSE PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 5444249776     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-19     Document Type: Article

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