Carotid artery intima-media thickness and cognition in cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-154

  Haley, Andreana P ^a   Forman, Daniel E ^b   Poppas, Athena ^c   Hoth, Karin F ^a   Gunstad, John ^d   Jefferson, Angela L ^e   Paul, Robert H ^f   Ler, Albert S H ^g   Sweet, Lawrence H ^a   Cohen, Ronald A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Rhode Island Medical Center   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Cognition; IMT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LANGUAGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 34548590667     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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