Carotid artery intima-media thickness, but not coronary artery calcium, predicts coronary vascular resistance in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Danad, Ibrahim ^a   Raijmakers, Pieter G ^a   Kamali, Parisa ^a   Harms, Hendrik J ^a   De Haan, Stefan ^a   Lubberink, Mark ^b   Van Kuijk, Cornelis ^a   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Lammertsma, Adriaan A ^a   Smulders, Yvo M ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^a   Tulevski, Igor I ^c   Van Rossum, Albert C ^a   Knaapen, Paul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Cardiology Centers of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

15O water PET CT; C IMT; CAC score; Coronary flow reserve; Coronary vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OXYGEN 15; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84863839726     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes038     Document Type: Article

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