Carotid intima-media thickness is increased in patients with spinal cord injury independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-31

  Matos Souza, Jose R ^a   Pithon, Karla R ^a   Ozahata, Tatiana M ^a   Gemignani, Tiago ^a   Cliquet Jr , Alberto ^a   Nadruz Jr , Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Paraplegia; Quadriplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 57649210341     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.04.013     Document Type: Letter

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