Carotid intima-media thickness measurement promises to improve cardiovascular risk evaluation in head and neck cancer patients

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 280-284

  Jacoby, Douglas ^a   Hajj, Jihane ^a   Javaheri, Ali ^b   DeGoma, Emil ^b   Lin, Alexander ^b   Ahn, Peter ^b   Quon, Harry ^c  

^a PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION VASCULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR;

ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929708866     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22389     Document Type: Article

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