Common carotid artery intima-media thickness: The cardiovascular risk factor multiple evaluation in Latin America (CARMELA) study results

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-50

  Touboul, Pierre Jean ^a   Vicaut, Eric ^b   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Acevedo, Monica ^c   Torres, Victor ^d   Ramirez Martinez, Jesus ^f   Vinueza, Raul ^h   Silva, Honorio ⁱ   Champagne, Beatriz ^k   Hernandez Hernandez, Rafael ^g   Wilson, Elinor ^j   Schargrodsky, Herman ^e  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d CEMIC   (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^h PFIZER INC   (United States)

ⁱ InterAmerican Foundation for Clinical Research   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^k InterAmerican Heart Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk factors; Carotid plaque; Common carotid intima media thickness; Intima media thickness reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICO; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77958461276     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320264     Document Type: Article

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