Correlation between coronary artery disease severity, left ventricular mass index and carotid intima media thickness, assessed by radio-frequency

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ciccone, Marco M ^a   Scicchitano, Pietro ^a   Zito, Annapaola ^a   Agati, Luciano ^b   Gesualdo, Michele ^a   Mandolesi, Sandro ^b   Carbonara, Rosa ^a   Ciciarello, Francesco ^b   Fedele, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

RFQIMT; CAD; cardiovascular risk; coronary stenosis; LVMI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SMOKING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 81055150431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-9-32     Document Type: Article

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