Carotid atherosclerosis and vascular age in the assessment of coronary heart disease risk beyond the Framingham Risk Score

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 803-809

  Junyent, Mireia ^a   Zambón, Daniel ^a   Gilabert, Rosa ^a   Núñez, Isabel ^a   Cofán, Montserrat ^a   Ros, Emilio ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Framingham Risk Score; Hypercholesterolemia; Imaging of carotid arteries; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTIMA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 38549151749     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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