Common carotid arterial stiffness and the risk of ischaemic stroke

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-481

  Tsivgoulis, G ^a   Vemmos, K ^b   Papamichael, C ^b   Spengos, K ^a   Daffertshofer, M ^c   Cimboneriu, A ^b   Zis, V ^a   Lekakis, J ^b   Zakopoulos, N ^b   Mavrikakis, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Distensibility; Intima media thickness; Ischaemic stroke; Stiffness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 33744772944     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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