Prevalence of morphological alterations in cervical vessels: A colour duplex ultrasonographic study in a series of 3300 subjects

International Angiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-27

  Pancera, P ^a,c   Ribul, M ^a   De Marchi, S ^b   Arosio, E ^b   Lechi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Valeggio Hospital   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery abnormalities; Cerebral ischaemia, transient; Doppler, colour; Hypertension; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0031748437     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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