Correction of carotid intima-media thickness for adaptive dependence on tensile stress: Implication for cardiovascular risk assessment

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Chironi, Gilles N ^a   Simon, Alain ^a   Bokov, Plamen ^a   Levenson, Jaime ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Laplace's law; Risk factors; Ultrasonography; Wall tensile stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 66749175775     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20578     Document Type: Article

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