Appropriateness of carotid plaque and intima-media thickness assessment in routine clinical practice

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baroncini, Liz Andréa Villela ^a   De Oliveira, Aguinaldo ^b   Vidal, Enrique Antonio ^b   França, Graciliano José ^b   Stahlke, Paulo Sérgio Dalla Bona ^b   Alessi, Alexandre ^a   Précoma, Dalton Bertolim ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SMOKING; STROKE; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO; AGE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TUNICA MEDIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 55149109203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-52     Document Type: Article

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