Effects of external irradiation of the neck region on intima media thickness of the common carotid artery

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gianicolo, Maria Elena ^a   Gianicolo, Emilio Antonio Luca ^b   Tramacere, Francesco ^c   Andreassi, Maria Grazia ^b   Portaluri, Maurizio ^c  

^a Euro Mediterranean Scientific Biomedical Institute ISBEM   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Ospedale A Perrino   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77950422145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-8-8     Document Type: Article

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