Prevalence of significant carotid artery stenosis in Iranian patients with peripheral arterial disease

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 629-632

  Bavil, Abolhassan Shakeri ^a   Ghabili, Kamyar ^b   Daneshmand, Seyed Ebrahim ^b   Nemati, Masoud ^b   Bavil, Moslem Shakeri ^b   Namdar, Hossein ^b   Shaafi, Sheyda ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery stenosis; Iranian; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873039205     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S23979     Document Type: Article

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