Non-coronary atherosclerosis

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1112-1119

  Gallino, Augusto ^a,b   Aboyans, Victor ^c,d,e   Diehm, Curt ^f   Cosentino, Francesco ^g   Stricker, Hans ^a,b   Falk, Erling ^h   Schouten, Olaf ⁱ   Lekakis, John ^j   Amann Vesti, Beatrice ^k   Siclari, Francesco ^l   Poredos, Pavel ^m   Novo, Salvatore ⁿ   Brodmann, Marianne ^o   Schulte, Karl Ludwig ^p   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^q   De Caterina, Raffaele ^r   Libby, Peter ^s   Baumgartner, Iris ^t  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^f SRH Klinikum Karlsbad   (Germany)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l Cardiosurgery Department Cardiocentro CCT   (Switzerland)

^m UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^p CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^s BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Peripheral artery circulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AWARENESS; CARDIOLOGIST; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERY; LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERY DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NON CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RENAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; UPPER EXTREMITY ARTERY; AORTIC DISEASES; ARM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RENAL ARTERY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84900033092     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu071     Document Type: Article

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