Association of atherosclerotic risk factors with carotid adventitial thickness assessed by ultrasonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Kazmierski, Radoslaw ^a   Watala, Cezary ^b   Podsiadly, Edyta ^c   Dorszewska, Jolanta ^a   Kozubski, Wojciech ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adventitial thickness; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Intima media thickness; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METHIONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 67650188451     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20585     Document Type: Article

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