Carotid artery intima-media thickness: Normal and percentile values in the Italian population (camp study)

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 650-655

  Ciccone, Marco Matteo ^a   Balbarini, Alberto ^b   Teresa Porcelli, Maria ^c   Santoro, Daniela ^d   Cortese, Francesca ^a   Scicchitano, Pietro ^a   Favale, Stefano ^a   Butitta, Flavio ^b   de Pergola, Giovanni ^e   Gullace, Giuseppe ^f   Novo, Salvatore ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Cardiologia Ospedale Sarcone Terlizzi (BA)   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f Cardiology Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; carotid artery; intima media thickness; vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054866443     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711398841     Document Type: Article

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