Prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events by age-normalized carotid intimal medial thickness

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 186-190

  Ali, Yasmine S ^a   Rembold, Karen E ^a   Weaver, Brad ^a   Wills, Mary Beth ^a   Tatar, Steven ^a   Ayers, Carlos R ^a   Rembold, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intimal medial thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTIMA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THICKNESS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33744506653     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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