Carotid and femoral arterial wall changes and the prevalence of clinical cardiovascular disease

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Griffin, Maura ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew ^a,b,c,d   Tyllis, Theodosis ^b,e   Georgiou, Niki ^b,e   Martin, Richard M ^e   Bond, Dawn ^a   Panayiotou, Andrie ^c   Tziakouri, Chrysa ^f   Doré, Caroline J ^g   Fessas, Charris ^h  

^a Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^g MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^h Cyprus Heart Foundation   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Arterial wall; Atherosclerosis; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 68449104764     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X08101542     Document Type: Article

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