Association of COPD with carotid wall intima-media thickness in vascular surgery patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 712-716

  van Gestel, Yvette R B M ^a   Flu, Willem Jan ^a   van Kuijk, Jan Peter ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Sin, Don D ^c   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid wall IMT; COPD; Mortality; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VASCULAR SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; INTIMA; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77951622061     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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