Carotid intima-media thickness: An early marker of cardiovascular disease

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Polak, Joseph F ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Carotid artery; IMT; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 67650665492     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181a901ab     Document Type: Review

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