Carotid wall thickness and stroke risk in patients with asymptomatic internal carotid stenosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 452-457

  Silvestrini, Mauro ^a   Cagnetti, Claudia ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b,c   Albanesi, Carlo ^a   Altamura, Claudia ^d   Lanciotti, Chiara ^a   Bartolini, Marco ^a   Mattei, Francesca ^b   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis; Atherosclerosis; Risk factors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77953230819     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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