Noninvasive Measurement of Carotid Extra-Media Thickness. Associations With Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Intima-Media Thickness

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Skilton, Michael R ^a,b   Sérusclat, André ^c   Sethu, Arun Harrish A U ^d   Brun, Sophie ^c   Bernard, Sophie ^a,c   Balkau, Beverley ^b,e   Moulin, Philippe ^a,c   Bonnet, Fabrice ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Cardiovascular Hospital   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

adventitia; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular risk; diabetes; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; imaging; intima media thickness; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649100231     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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