Common carotid intima-media thickness and risk of acute myocardial infarction: The role of lumen diameter

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 762-767

  Bots, Michiel L ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Hofman, Albert ^b   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 16844372055     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000158924.71069.94     Document Type: Article

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