Normal Value of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness-A Surrogate Marker of Atherosclersosis: Quantitative Assessment by B-Mode Carotid Ultrasound

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Lim, Tiong K ^a   Lim, Eric ^b   Dwivedi, Girish ^a   Kooner, Jaspal ^b,c   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 38749135498     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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