Morphologic rather than functional or mechanical sonographic parameters of the brachial artery are related to angiographically evident coronary atherosclerosis
Matthias Frick, MD*,
Severin P. Schwarzacher, MD, FACC*,
Hannes F. Alber, MD*,
Alexander Rinner, MD*,
Hanno Ulmer, PhD ,
Otmar Pachinger, MD* and
Franz Weidinger, MD*,*
* Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Institute for Biostatistics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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Figure 1 Box plots showing brachial artery morphologic parameters (intima-media thickness [IMT] on the left panel, wall cross-sectional area [WCSA] on the right panel) in coronary artery disease (CAD) and non-CAD patients. *p < 0.01.
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