Combining carotid intima-media thickness with carotid plaque on screening for coronary heart disease

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Wald, David S ^a   Bestwick, Jonathan P ^a   Morton, Geraint ^b   Drummond, Linda ^b   Jenkins, Nick ^b   Khodabakhsh, Pouran ^c   Curzen, Nick P ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; THORAX PAIN; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 70349973412     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2009.009039     Document Type: Article

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