Ultrasonographic measurement of the common carotid artery wall thickness in hypercholesterolemic patients A new model for the quantitation and follow-up of preclinical atherosclerosis in living human subjects

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 253-261

  Poli, Andrea ^a   Tremoli, Elena ^a   Colombo, Alessandra ^a   Sirtori, Marina ^a   Pignoli, Paolo ^b   Paoletti, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Merate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial wall; Atherosclerosis; B mode imaging; Hypercholesterolemia; Non invasive techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023855171     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(88)90176-1     Document Type: Article

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