Association of ankle-brachial index and plaques in the carotid and femoral arteries with cardiovascular events and total mortality in a population-based study with 13 years of follow-up

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2580-2587

  Lamina, Claudia ^a   Meisinger, Christa ^a   Heid, Iris M ^a,b   Löwel, Hannelore ^a   Rantner, Barbara ^c   Koenig, Wolfgang ^d   Kronenberg, Florian ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary events; Ankle brachial index; Population based study; Prospective cohort; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Total mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750327817     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl228     Document Type: Article

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