Carotid plaque is associated with increased cardiac mortality in patients with coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 658-663

  Park, Hyun Woong ^a   Kim, Wan Ho ^a   Kim, Ki Hong ^a   Yang, Dong Ju ^a   Kim, Ji Hye ^a   Song, In Girl ^a   Kwon, Taek Geun ^a   Bae, Jang Ho ^a  

^a Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac death; Cardiovascular event; Carotid intima media thickness; Carotid plaque; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84889002097     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.084     Document Type: Article

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