Presence of calcified carotid plaque predicts vascular events: The Northern Manhattan Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a   Singh, Rajinder ^b   Zhou, Xianhuang ^c   Ramas, Romel ^c   Sacco, Ralph L ^d   Rundek, Tatjana ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic shadowing; Plaque morphology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID PLAQUE CALCIFICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 35248879189     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.03.044     Document Type: Article

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