Relationship between carotid intima-media thickness and non valvular atrial fibrillation type

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 350-355

  Proietti, Marco ^a   Calvieri, Camilla ^a   Malatino, Lorenzo ^b   Signorelli, Santo ^b   Corazza, Gino Roberto ^c   Perticone, Francesco ^d   Vestri, Anna Rita ^a   Loffredo, Lorenzo ^a   Davì, Giovanni ^e   Violi, Francesco ^a   Basili, Stefania ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Paroxysmal non valvular atrial fibrillation; Persistent permanent non valvular atrial fibrillation; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PROPAFENONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920885072     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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