Incidence of ischemic stroke in relation to asymptomatic carotid artery atherosclerosis in subjects with normal blood pressure: A prospective cohort study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Li, Cairu ^a,b   Engström, Gunnar ^a   Berglund, Göran ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Carotid plaque; Ischemic stroke; Normotensive subject

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 48049097502     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000149577     Document Type: Article

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