Correlation of femoral intima-media thickness and the severity of coronary artery disease

Angiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Kirhmajer, Majda Vrkić ^a   Banfić, Ljiljana ^a   Vojković, Marina ^a   Strozzi, Maja ^a   Bulum, Joško ^a   Miovski, Zoran ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

common femoral artery; coronary artery disease; intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 78651385381     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710375087     Document Type: Article

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