Wall Irregularity Rather Than Intima-Media Thickness is Associated with Nearby Atherosclerosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 955-961

  Graf, Iulia M ^a   Schreuder, Floris H B M ^b   Hameleers, Jeroen M ^a   Mess, Werner H ^b   Reneman, Robert S ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; IMT; Stenosis; Ultrasonography; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; IMT; STENOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC DELAY LINES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 67349215709     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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