Measurement of Aortic Intimal-Medial Thickness in Adolescents and Young Adults

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 560-565

  Davis, Patricia H ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b   Blecha, M Beth ^a   Mastbergen, Rebecca K ^b   Sonka, Milan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; ABDOMINAL AORTA; CAROTID ARTERY; EARLY INTERVENTION; LOW RATES; MEAN ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES; MEAN AGES; MISSING DATA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DELAY LINES; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA INTIMA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950303580     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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