Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with premature parental coronary heart disease: The Framingham Heart Study

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 572-576

  Wang, Thomas J ^a,b   Nam, Byung Ho ^d   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^a,d   Wolf, Philip A ^a,e   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a,b,e   MacRae, Calum A ^b   Wilson, Peter W ^a,e   Polak, Joseph F ^c   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b,f  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Natl Heart Lung/Blood Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Epidemiology; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0041572910     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000081764.35431.DE     Document Type: Article

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