Ankle-brachial index and extent of atherosclerosis in patients from the middle east (the AGATHA-ME Study): A cross-sectional multicenter study

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-334

  El Menyar, Ayman ^a   Amin, Haitham ^c   Rashdan, Ibrahim ^d   Souliman, Kadhim ^e   Deleu, Dirk ^b   Saadat, Kamran ^b   Al Mahmeed, Wael ^f   Bakir, Sharif ^e   Wasif, Adel ^g   Ben Brek, Azan ^h   Bazargani, Nooshin ⁱ   Aziz, Ahmed Abdel ^g   Singh, Rajvir ^b   Hatou, Iman ⁱ   Mahmoud, Hisham ^j   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c BAHRAIN DEFENCE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

^d Cardiology/Chest Hospital   (Kuwait)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^f Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center   (United Arab Emirates)

^g Alsief Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^h RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

ⁱ DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^j SANOFI   (France)

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Author keywords

AGATHA; Ankle brachial index; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BAHRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; AGED; ARAB; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARABS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67849110075     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708321585     Document Type: Article

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