Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in high functioning older adults

Maturitas

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Abizanda, Pedro ^a   Atienzar, Pilar ^a   Casado, Luis ^b   Romero, Luis ^a   Sánchez Jurado, Pedro Manuel ^a   León, Matilde ^a   Martín Sebastiá, Elena ^a   López Jiménez, Esther ^a   Paterna, Gema ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Esther ^a  

^a Geriatrics Department   (Spain)

^b Radiology Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Carotid Doppler ultrasound; Elderly; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77955924233     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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