Impact of carotid artery ultrasound and ankle-brachial index on prediction of severity of SYNTAX score

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 712-716

  Ikeda, Nobutaka ^a   Kogame, Norihiro ^a   Iijima, Raisuke ^a   Nakamura, Masato ^a   Sugi, Kaoru ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary disease; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY ULTRASOUND; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNTAX SCORE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84874417449     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1087     Document Type: Article

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