Variations in Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness during the Cardiac Cycle in Children

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-63

  Menees, Spencer ^a   Zhang, Danna ^b   Le, Joseph ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Raghuveer, Geetha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac cycle; Carotid artery intima media thickness; Carotid artery ultrasound; Children; Electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449145505     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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