Carotid arterial elasticity is a sensitive atherosclerosis value reflecting visceral fat accumulation in obese subjects

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-172

  Tokita, Ai ^a   Ishigaki, Yasushi ^a   Okimoto, Hisashi ^a   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^b   Koiwa, Yoshiro ^c   Kato, Makoto ^d   Ishihara, Hisamitsu ^a   Hinokio, Yoshinori ^a   Katagiri, Hideki ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^b   Oka, Yoshitomo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Oizumi Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d Panasonic Shikoku Electronics Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage atherosclerosis; Elasticity; Obesity; Ultrasound; Visceral adiposity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PULSATILE FLOW; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 68949220998     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.046     Document Type: Article

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