Differential association of common carotid intima-media thickness and carotid atherosclerotic plaques with parental history of premature death from coronary heart disease: The EVA study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 366-371

  Zureik, Mahmoud ^c   Touboul, Pierre Jean ^a   Bonithon Kopp, Claire ^d   Courbon, Dominique ^d   Ruelland, Isabelle ^b   Ducimetière, Pierre ^d  

^a Ctr Diagn de Prev Neurovasculaire   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032967119     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.2.366     Document Type: Article

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