Ultrasonographic study of carotid artery structural changes with natural longevity

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-248

  Mu, Yu Ming ^a   Ozawa, Yukio ^a   Wang, Shi Zhen ^b   Cheng, Zu Heng ^b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^c   Yang, Chun Rong ^b   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery wall thickness; Natural longevity; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034120499     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.243     Document Type: Article

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