Carotid intimal-media thickness and endothelial function in young patients with history of myocardial infarction

International Angiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-126

  Coppola, G ^a   Corrado, E ^a   Piraino, D ^a   Carella, M ^a   Muratori, I ^a   Camarda, P ^a   Di Vincenzo, A ^a   Ciaramitaro, G ^a   Farinella, M ^a   Rotolo, A ^a   Evola, S ^a   Hoffmann, E ^a   Assennato, P ^a   Novo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Endothelium; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JUVENILE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASODILATION;

EID: 67650479326     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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