Vascular age: Integrating carotid intima-media thickness measurements with global coronary risk assessment

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 388-392

  Stein, James H ^a   Fraizer, Michael C ^a   Aeschlimann, Susan E ^a   Nelson Worel, Jane ^a   McBride, Patrick E ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 3042810104     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960270704     Document Type: Article

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