On quantifying plaque size and intima-media thickness in carotid and femoral arteries: Comments on results from a prospective ultrasound study in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 843-850

  Wendelhag, Inger ^a   Wiklund, Olov ^a   Wikstrand, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; B mode imaging; plaque occurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY RISK; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030056450     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.16.7.843     Document Type: Article

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