Carotid artery diameter in men and women and the relation to body and neck size

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1103-1105

  Krejza, Jaroslaw ^a,b   Arkuszewski, Michal ^d   Kasner, Scott E ^a   Weigele, John ^a   Ustymowicz, Andrzej ^c   Hurst, Robert W ^a   Cucchiara, Brett L ^a   Messe, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Carotid endarterectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645816813     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000206440.48756.f7     Document Type: Article

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