Acoustic shadowing on B-mode ultrasound of the carotid artery predicts CHD

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-365

  Hunt, Kelly J ^a   Sharrett, A Richey ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^c   Evans, Gregory W ^d   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic shadowing; Carotid arteries; Coronary disease; Incidence; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HEALTH RISKS; ULTRASONICS;

ARTERIAL MINERALIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC SHADOWING; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MINERALIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035041016     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00353-7     Document Type: Article

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