Atherosclerosis of the aorta: Risk factor, risk marker, or innocent bystander?: A prospective population-based transesophageal echocardiography study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1018-1024

  Meissner, Irene ^a,f   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^b   Sheps, Sheldon G ^c   Schwartz, Gary L ^c   Wiebers, David O ^a   Whisnant, Jack P ^d   Covalt, Jody L ^e   Petterson, Tanya M ^f   Christianson, Teresa J H ^f   Agmon, Yoram ^b  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b Div Cardiovasc Dis and Int Med   (United States)

^c Division of Hypertension and Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

^e Mayo Stroke Center   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444301915     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.05.075     Document Type: Article

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