Arterial stiffness changes in patients with cardiovascular risk factors but normal carotid intima-media thickness

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 622-628

  Mohammed, Moemen ^a   Zito, Concetta ^a   Cusmà Piccione, Maurizio ^a   Di Bella, Gianluca ^a   Antonini Canterin, Francesco ^b   Taha, Nasser M ^c   Di Bello, Vitantonio ^d   Vriz, Olga ^e   Pugliatti, Pietro ^a   Carerj, Scipione ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e Cardiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular risk factors; intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84881498721     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283639721     Document Type: Article

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