Premature coronary artery disease and arterial stiffness: Too soon to speculate?

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 431-432

  Cruden, Nicholas L ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROMA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84857427740     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301729     Document Type: Editorial

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