Increased intima thickness of the radial artery in patients with coronary heart disease

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Myredal, Anna ^a,b   Osika, Walter ^b   Gan, Li Ming ^b,c   Friberg, Peter ^b   Johansson, Mats ^a,b  

^a VARBERG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; High resolution ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMICROSCOPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIAL ARTERY;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIAL ARTERY; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 76049124507     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X09106619     Document Type: Article

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