Can beta stiffness index be proposed as risk factor for dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 13-16

  Jurasic, Miljenka Jelena ^a   Popovic, Irena Martinic ^a   Morovic, Sandra ^a   Trkanjec, Zlatko ^a   Seric, Vesna ^a   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Beta stiffness index; Carotid arteries; Cerebrovascular atherosclerosis; Doppler; Duplex; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Ultrasonography; Vascular aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650113146     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.339     Document Type: Article

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