Asymptomatic carotid lesions add to cardiovascular risk prediction

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-518

  Novo, Salvatore ^a   Visconti, Claudia L ^a   Amoroso, Gisella R ^a   Corrado, Egle ^a   Fazio, Giovanni ^a   Muratori, Ida ^a   Tantillo, Rosalba ^a   Lunetta, Monica ^a   D'angelo, Luciana ^a   Novo, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

asymptomatic carotid plaque; cardiovascular events; follow up; global cardiovascular risk; intima media thickness; risk categories; risk factors; subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 78049240997     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328337ccbd     Document Type: Article

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