Are your arteries older than your age?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 588-596

  Labropoulos, Nicos ^a   Leon, L R ^a   Brewster Jr , L P ^a   Pryor, L ^a   Tiongson, J ^a   Kang, S S ^a   Mansour, M A ^a   Kalman, P ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic risk factors; Duplex ultrasound; Intima media thickness; Plaque morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 28944453080     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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