Usefulness of Increased Skin Cholesterol to Identify Individuals at Increased Cardiovascular Risk (from the Predictor of Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 986-991

  Stein, James H ^a   Tzou, Wendy S ^b   DeCara, Jeanne M ^c   Hirsch, Alan T ^e   Mohler III, Emile R ^b   Ouyang, Pamela ^f   Pearce, Gregory L ^g   Davidson, Michael H ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d RADIANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^g Innovative Data Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 40949136181     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.044     Document Type: Article

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