Association of plaque in the carotid and coronary arteries, using MDCT angiography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Hamirani, Yasmin S ^a   Larijani, Vahid ^a   Isma'eel, Hussain ^a   Pagali, Sandeep R ^a   Bach, Phillips ^b   Karlsberg, Ronald P ^c   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Heart Research Foundation of Sacramento   (United States)

^c Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular computed tomography; Carotid artery; Coronary artery; Correlation; Plaque

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954309927     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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