Carotid intima-media thickness and vascular age: You are only as old as your arteries look

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 686-689

  Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 3042787955     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.02.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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