The carotid intima media thickness: A predictor of the clincal coronary events

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1082-1085

  George, Jinzy Mariam ^a   Bhat, Raghavendra ^a   Pai, K Mohan ^a   Arun, S ^a   Jeganathan, Jayakumar ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Coronary; Intima

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878834788     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4767.3029     Document Type: Article

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