Sonographic carotid plaque morphologic characteristics and vascular risk factors: Results from a population study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1313-1319

  Vicenzini, Edoardo ^a   Ricciardi, Maria Chiara ^a   Puccinelli, Francesco ^a   Altieri, Marta ^a   Vanacore, Nicola ^b   Di Piero, Vittorio ^a   Lenzi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Sonography; Stroke prevention; Unstable plaques; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE PREVENTION; UNSTABLE PLAQUES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 54149120020     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.9.1313     Document Type: Article

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