Changes in the textural characteristics of intima-media complex in young patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: Implication for visual inspection on B-mode ultrasound

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Noto, Nobutaka ^a,b   Okada, Tomoo ^a   Abe, Yuriko ^a   Miyashita, Michio ^a   Kanamaru, Hiroshi ^a   Karasawa, Kensuke ^a   Ayusawa, Mamoru ^a   Sumitomo, Naokata ^a   Mugishima, Hideo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Noto Children's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; Intima media complex; Textural analysis; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTROPY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79953161561     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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