Combination of carotid intima-media thickness and plaque for better predicting risk of ischaemic cardiovascular events

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1326-1331

  Xie, Wuxiang ^a   Liang, Lirong ^b   Zhao, Liancheng ^c   Shi, Ping ^d   Yang, Ying ^e   Xie, Gaoqiang ^f   Huo, Yong ^e   Wu, Yangfeng ^a,f  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Chinese Centrer for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHINA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79960698976     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2011.223032     Document Type: Article

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