The role of carotid plaque echogenicity in baroreflex sensitivity

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Tsekouras, Nikolaos S ^a   Katsargyris, Athanasios ^a   Skrapari, Ioanna ^a   Bastounis, Effie E ^b   Georgopoulos, Sotirios ^a   Klonaris, Chris ^a   Bakoyiannis, Chris ^a   Bastounis, Elias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY;

AGED; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 79959817232     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.11.121     Document Type: Article

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