Type-2 diabetes and carotid stenosis: A proposal for a screening strategy in asymptomatic patients

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Lacroix, Philippe ^a   Aboyans, V ^a   Criqui, M H ^b   Bertin, F ^a   Bouhamed, T ^a   Archambeaud, F ^a   Laskar, M ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery disease; Screening; Type 2 diabetes; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33746423479     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x06vm677oa     Document Type: Article

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