Plaque regression in one artery is not necessarily associated with parallel changes in other vascular beds

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-251

  Suzuki, Takayuki ^a   Nozawa, Takashi ^a   Fujii, Nozomu ^a   Sobajima, Mitsuo ^a   Ohori, Takashi ^a   Shida, Takuya ^a   Matsuki, Akira ^a   Kameyama, Tomoki ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Common carotid artery; Coronary artery; Multidetector computed tomography; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GELATINASE B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HIGH SENSITIVITY C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTERY WALL AREA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DESCENDING AORTA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DINOPROST; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959754767     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-010-0049-5     Document Type: Article

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