Atherosclerosis in coronary artery and aorta in a semi-urban population by applying modified American Heart Association classification of atherosclerosis: An autopsy study

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-271

  Thej, Mothakapalli Jagadish ^a   Kalyani, Raju ^a   Kiran, Jayaramaiah ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; autopsy; modified American Heart Association classification

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; THORACIC AORTA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870172122     PISSN: 09753583     EISSN: 09762833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-3583.102692     Document Type: Article

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