Intima-media thickness evaluation by B-mode ultrasound. Correlation with blood pressure levels and cardiac structures

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-64

  Plavnik, F L ^a   Ajzen, S ^a   Kohlmann, O ^a   Tavares, A ^a   Zanella, M T ^a   Ribeiro, A B ^a   Ramos, O L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

24 ABPM; Arterial thickness; B mode ultrasound; Cardiac structures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0033628215     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2000000100008     Document Type: Article

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