Epidemiology of carotid artery atherosclerosis

Carotid Disease: The Role of Imaging in Diagnosis and Management

Volumn 9780521862264, Issue , 2006, Pages 22-34

  O’Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN AORTAS; INCIDENCE RATE; ISCHEMIC STROKES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; YOUNG ADULTS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84926980635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544941.003     Document Type: Chapter

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