Validation of a new ultrasound method for the measurement of carotid artery intima medial thickness and plaque dimensions

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1355-1359

  Mancini, G B John ^a   Abbott, David ^a   Kamimura, Craig ^a   Yeoh, Eunice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid ultrasound; Intima medial thickness; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 10644288637     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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