Risk focused screening for vascular disease: One University Hospital's experience

Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-123

  Hughes, Joseph P ^a   Dubin, Rick ^a   Rodriguez Wong, Angela ^a   Porreca, Francis J ^b  

^a Navix Diagnostix Inc ^*  (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 77957193903     PISSN: 15443167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154431671003400302     Document Type: Article

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