Association between asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis and degenerative aortic stenosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 519-522

  Novo, Giuseppina ^a   Guarneri, Francesco Paolo ^a   Ferro, Giovanni ^a   Russo, Rosario ^a   Fattouch, Khalil ^a   Novo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Atherosclerosis; Echo color doppler; Echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864753341     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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