Carotid artery plaque burden, stiffness, and mortality risk in elderly men: A prospective, population-based cohort study

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-348

  Störk, Stefan ^a,c,d   Van Den Beld, Annewieke W ^b   Von Schacky, Clemens ^c   Angermann, Christiane E ^d   Lamberts, Steven W J ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Elasticity; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PLAQUE BURDEN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS INDEX; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242702209     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000134966.10793.C9     Document Type: Article

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