Uric acid level and its association with carotid intima-media thickness in patients with cardiac syndrome X

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-119

  Acikgoz, Nusret ^a   Ermis, Necip ^a   Yagmur, Julide ^a   Muezzinoglu, Kubra ^a   Karakus, Yasin ^a   Cansel, Mehmet ^a   Pekdemir, Hasan ^a   Ozdemir, Ramazan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac syndrome X; Carotid intima media thickness; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYNDROME X; TREADMILL EXERCISE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; URIC ACID;

EID: 84857364195     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332583     Document Type: Article

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