Measurement of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque detection for cardiovascular risk assessment

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Johnson, Heather M ^a   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ECHOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951674704     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9319-y     Document Type: Article

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