Carotid and femoral ultrasound morphology screening and cardiovascular events in low risk subjects: A 10-year follow-up study (the CAFES-CAVE study)

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 379-387

  Belcaro, Gianni ^a,b,c,e   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^c   Ramaswami, Ganesh ^c   Cesarone, Maria Rosaria ^a,b   De Sanctis, Mariateresa ^a,b   Incandela, Lucrezia ^a,b   Ferrari, Piergiorgio ^d   Geroulakos, George ^c   Barsotti, Antonio ^a,b   Griffin, Maura ^c   Dhanjil, Surinder ^c   Sabetai, Mike ^c   Bucci, Marco ^a   Martines, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b PAP/PEA Project Institute   (Italy)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Crinos Biological Research Laboratories   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial wall; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Femoral arteries; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035014257     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00665-1     Document Type: Article

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