Risk factors and segment-specific carotid arterial enlargement in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Crouse, John R ^a   Goldbourt, Uri ^b   Evans, Greg ^a   Pinsky, Joan ^b   Sharrett, A Richey ^b   Sorlie, Paul ^b   Riley, Ward ^a   Heiss, Gerardo ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

arteriosclerosis; carotid arteries; risk factors; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0030029886     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.1.69     Document Type: Article

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