Small and large vessel disease in persons with unrecognized compared to recognized myocardial infarction: The Tromsø Study 2007–2008

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2018, Pages 14-19

  Øhrn, Andrea Milde ^a,b   Schirmer, Henrik ^a,c   von Hanno, Therese ^a,d   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,c   Arntzen, Kjell Arne ^c   Bertelsen, Geir ^a,c   Njølstad, Inger ^a   Løchen, Maja Lisa ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Bairey Merz, C Noel ^e   Lindekleiv, Haakon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery atherosclerosis; ECG; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Retinal vascular calibers; Unrecognized myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL ARTERIOLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENULE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 85039948115     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.10.009     Document Type: Article

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