Ultrasonographic measurements of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in prediction of ischemic stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 189, 2009, Pages 68-72

  Mathiesen, E B ^a,b   Johnsen, S H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Plague; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRATIFICATION; STROKE;

EID: 67651252967     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01210.x     Document Type: Review

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