Carotid artery wall thickness and risk of stroke subtypes: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-403

  Ohira, Tetsuya ^a,b   Shahar, Eyal ^c   Iso, Hiroyasu ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^d   Rosamond, Wayne D ^d   Sharrett, A Richey ^e   Folsom, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain infarction; carotid artery; epidemiology; intima media thickness; stroke subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79251614989     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.592261     Document Type: Article

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