Screening for Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease Measuring Carotid Intima Media Thickness

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1383-1388

  Nguyen Thanh, Hien Tu ^a   Benzaquen, Bruno S ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 71849087059     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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