Carotid intima-media thickness measurement in cardiovascular screening programmes

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Plantinga, Yvonne ^a   Dogan, Soner ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Prevention; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 74249092456     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283312ece     Document Type: Review

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