What measure of carotid wall thickening is the best atherosclerotic loading score in the hypertensive patient: Maximum or mean value?;¿Qué medida del grosor íntima-media carotídeo caracteriza mejor la carga aterosclerótica del paciente hipertenso: Valor máximo o medio?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-420

  Mateo, Irene ^a   Morillas, Pedro ^a   Quiles, Juan ^a   Castillo, Jesús ^a   Andrade, Helder ^a   Roldán, Julián ^a   Agudo, Pilar ^a   Bertomeu Martínez, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955574168     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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