Atherosclerosis burden and coronary artery lesion complexity in acute coronary syndrome patients

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Korkmaz, Levent ^a   Adar, Adem ^b   Korkmaz, Ayca Ata ^c   Erkan, Hakan ^b   Agac, Mustafa Tarik ^b   Acar, Zeydin ^b   Kurt, Ibrahim Halil ^a   Akyuz, Ali Riza ^d   Celik, Sukru ^b  

^a Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Turkey)

^c Department of Radiology   (Turkey)

^d Akcaabat State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute coronary sydrome; Cardio ankle vascular index; Carotid intima media thickness; Syntax score

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY LESION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RISK SCORE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 84861986138     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2012.0052     Document Type: Article

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