The value of noncoronary atherosclerosis for identifying coronary artery disease: results of the Leipzig LIFE Heart Study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 172-181

  Weissgerber, Alexander ^a   Scholz, Markus ^a   Teren, Andrej ^a   Sandri, Marcus ^a   Teupser, Daniel ^a,b   Gielen, Stephan ^a,c   Thiery, Joachim ^a,d   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Beutner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Coronary artery disease; Intima media thickness; Noncoronary atherosclerosis, carotid artery plaque

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; RENIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84957848710     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0900-x     Document Type: Article

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