An echolucent carotid artery intima-media complex is a new and independent predictor of mortality in an elderly male cohort

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 486-491

  Wohlin, M ^a   Sundstrom J ^b   Andren B ^b   Larsson, Anders ^b   Lind, L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Echogenecity; Epidemiology; Intima media thickness; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 67650901821     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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