Cardiovascular Clinical Risk constrains to a powerful primary prevention: Carotid atherosclerosis in toto and low dose computed tomography coronary angiography?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-148

  Guaricci, Andrea Igoren ^a   Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a   Pontone, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY;

CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84916223374     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.106     Document Type: Article

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