Ultrasound determined carotid and femoral atherosclerosis in Lithuanian and Swedish men: The LiVicordia study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 501-508

  Kristenson, M ^a   Lassvik, C ^a   Bergdahl, B ^a   Kucinskiene Z ^b   Aizieniene L ^b   Bo, Ziedén ^a   Schäfer Elinder, Liselotte ^c   Olsson, A G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Medical Faculty   (Lithuania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intima media thickness; Lithuania; Plaque; Risk factors; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0033853599     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(99)00399-8     Document Type: Article

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