Intima media thickness of the common carotid artery in vascular surgery patients: A predictor of postoperative cardiovascular events

The American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Flu, Willem Jan ^a   van Kuijk, Jan Peter ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^a   Kuiper, Ruud ^a   Schouten, Olaf ^a   Goei, Dustin ^a   Winkel, Tamara ^a   van Gestel, Yvette R B M ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TROPONIN T; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67650385697     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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