Association between structure of atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries and myocardial infarction

Kardiologiya

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 21-25

  Gaigalaite, V ^a   Ozeraitiene V ^a   Kalibatiene, D ^a   Laurikenas, K ^a   Sabaliauskiene, Z ^a  

^a Vilnius City Clinical Hospital   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Myocardial infarction; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84889018185     PISSN: 00229040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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