Increased carotid intima-media thickness is associated with higher SYNTAX score

Angiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 386-389

  Korkmaz, Levent ^a   Bektas, Huseyin ^a   Korkmaz, Ayca Ata ^b   Agaç, Mustafa Tarik ^a   Acar, Zeydin ^a   Erkan, Hakan ^a   Celik, Sukru ^a  

^a Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid intima media thickness; coronary artery disease; SYNTAX score

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNTAX SCORE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 84861845594     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319711419837     Document Type: Article

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