Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Plaques, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Implications for Preventive Cardiology Guidelines

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1608-1610

  Stein, James H ^a   Johnson, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CIMT; plaque; risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950324531     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.073     Document Type: Editorial

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