High-resolution ultrasound showing increased intima and media thickness of the radial artery in patients with end-stage renal disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-163

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

^a VARBERG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; High resolution ultrasound; Intima thickness; Media thickness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUNICA MEDIA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77954311436     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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