Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-22

  O'Leary, Daniel H ^c   Polak, Joseph F ^c   Kronmal, Richard A ^c   Manolio, Teri A ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^b   Wolfson Jr , Sidney K ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0033531215     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901073400103     Document Type: Article

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