Associations of risk factors with segment-specific intimal-medial thickness of the extracranial carotid artery

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1047-1055

  Espeland, Mark A ^a   Tang, Rong ^a   Terry, James G ^a   Davis, Donna H ^a   Mercuri, Michele ^a   Crouse III, John R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Coronary artery disease; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0032899351     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.5.1047     Document Type: Article

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