Carotid artery intima media thickness, plaque and framingham cardiovascular score in Asia, Africa/Middle East and Latin America: The PARC-AALA Study

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 557-567

  Touboul, Pierre Jean ^a   Hernández Hernández, Rafael ^b   Küçükoǧlu, Serdar ^c   Woo, Kam Sang ^d   Vicaut, Eric ^e   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Migom, Chris ^f   Silva, Honorio ^f   Vinueza, Raul ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Framingham score; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SITING; SMOKING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LATIN AMERICA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 38449110518     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9197-1     Document Type: Article

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