The carotid artery as a noninvasive window for cardiovascular risk in apparently healthy individuals

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1231-1238

  Nagai, Yoji ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial elasticity; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; HEALTH RISKS; HEMODYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NONINVASIVE WINDOW;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0036815105     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00578-1     Document Type: Review

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