Longitudinal wall motion of the common carotid artery can be assessed by velocity vector imaging

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-38

  Svedlund, Sara ^a,b   Gan, Li Ming ^a,b,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid artery ultrasound; Longitudinal displacement; Surrogate marker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650125185     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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