Measurement of the Reflectivity of the Intima-Medial Layer of the Common Carotid Artery Improves the Discriminatory Value of Intima-Medial Thickness Measurement as a Predictor of Risk of Atherosclerotic Disease

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1029-1038

  Ellis, Stephen M ^a   Naoumova, Rossi P ^b   Neuwirth, Clare K ^b   Eckersley, Robert ^b   Cosgrove, David O ^b   Thompson, Gilbert R ^b   Sidhu, Paul S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Arteriosclerosis; Carotid; Carotid arteries; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound (US); US

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 34347255331     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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