Carotid artery intima-media thickness and plaque score for the risk assessment of stroke subtypes

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1239-1243

  Nagai, Yoji ^a   Kitagawa, Kazuo ^a   Yamagami, Hiroshi ^a   Kondo, Kimito ^a   Hougaku, Hidetaka ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Risk factors; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CEREBRAL HEMMORHAGE;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0036815364     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00573-2     Document Type: Article

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