Subclinical atherosclerosis in menopausal women with low to medium calculated cardiovascular risk

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-76

  Lambrinoudaki, Irene ^a   Armeni, Eleni ^a   Georgiopoulos, Georgios ^b   Kazani, Maria ^b   Kouskouni, Evangelia ^a   Creatsa, Maria ^a   Alexandrou, Andreas ^a   Fotiou, Stylianos ^a   Papamichael, Christos ^b   Stamatelopoulos, Kimon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Menopause; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HEARTSCORE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875228694     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.06.063     Document Type: Article

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