Total Cholesterol Content of Erythrocyte Membranes and Coronary Atherosclerosis: An Intravascular Ultrasound Pilot Study

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 676-682

  Giannoglou, George D ^a   Koskinas, Konstantinos C ^a   Tziakas, Dimitrios N ^b   Ziakas, Antonios G ^a   Antoniadis, Antonios P ^a   Tentes, Ioannis K ^b   Parcharidis, George E ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

3 dimensional IVUS; atherosclerosis; cholesterol content of erythrocyte membranes; coronary plaque volume

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74249122364     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319709337307     Document Type: Article

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