Cross-sectionally assessed carotid intima-media thickness relates to long-term risk of stroke, coronary heart disease and death as estimated by available risk functions

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Bots, Michiel L ^a,b   Hoes, A W ^b   Hofman, A ^a   Witteman, J C M ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; High risk; Prevention; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0033000504     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.0442f.x     Document Type: Article

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