Carotid artery distensibility: A reliability study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1157-1165

  Godia, Elisa Cuadrado ^a,c   Madhok, Rishi ^a   Pittman, John ^a   Trocio, Samuel ^a   Ramas, Romel ^a   Cabral, Digna ^a   Sacco, Ralph L ^a,b   Rundek, Tatjana ^a,d  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid distensibility; Carotid sonography; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; HEALTH RISKS; RELIABILITY THEORY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID DISTENSIBILITY; CAROTID SONOGRAPHY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY (CCA);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CALCULATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 36649006458     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.9.1157     Document Type: Article

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