Associations between carotid artery wall thickness and cardiovascular risk factors using multidetector CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1758-1763

  Saba, Luca ^a   Sanfilippo, R ^b   Montisci, R ^b   Mallarini, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STROKE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958599531     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2197     Document Type: Article

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