Usefulness of ultrasonographic markers of carotid atherosclerosis (intima-media thickness, unstable carotid plaques and severe carotid stenosis) for predicting presence and extent of coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 906-912

  Cicorella, Nicola ^a   Zanolla, Luisa ^a   Franceschini, Lorenzo ^a   Cacici, Giuseppe ^a   De Cristan, Barbara ^a   Arieti, Mario ^a   Vassanelli, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid risk score; Coronary artery disease; Critical carotid stenosis; Intima media thickness; Unstable carotid plaques

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 70449567159     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832e62fd     Document Type: Article

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