Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 712-716 , May 2010

Association of COPD with carotid wall intima-media thickness in vascular surgery patients

  • Yvette R.B.M. van Gestel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Willem-Jan Flu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jan-Peter van Kuijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Sanne E. Hoeks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Don D. Sin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia & The James Hogg iCAPTURE Center, St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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  • Don Poldermans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Room H-805, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 7034613; fax: +31 10 7034957.

Received 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 30 October 2009.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00363-1

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.10.027

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 712-716 , May 2010

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