Carotid intima-media thickness, plaques, and Framingham risk score as independent determinants of stroke risk

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1741-1745

  Touboul, Pierre Jean ^a   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Vicaut, Eric ^b   Amarenco, Pierre ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery plaque; Cerebrovascular disorders; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 23244440965     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000174490.23495.57     Document Type: Article

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