Correction (DOI:10.1016/j.echo.2007.11.011);Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-111

  Stein, James H ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Hurst, R Todd ^b   Lonn, Eva ^c   Kendall, Christopher B ^b   Mohler, Emile R ^d   Najjar, Samer S ^e   Rembold, Christopher M ^f   Post, Wendy S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid arteries; Carotid intima media thickness; Risk factors; Ultrasound; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COURSE CONTENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 38849140265     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.02.011     Document Type: Erratum

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