Clinical Application of Noninvasive Vascular Ultrasound in Cardiovascular Risk Stratification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 943-954

  Roman, Mary J ^a   Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^b   Gardin, Julius M ^c   Gerhard Herman, Marie ^d   Jaff, Michael ^e   Mohler, Emile ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREDICTION; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746346722     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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