Race-ethnic Variation in Carotid Bifurcation Geometry

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 349-353

  Koch, Sebastian ^a   Nelson, Donoffa ^a   Rundek, Tatjana ^a   Mandrekar, Jay ^b   Rabinstein, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Carotid geometry; race ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CARIBBEAN REGION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 69149105866     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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