Carotid arterial wall characteristics are associated with incident ischemic stroke but not coronary heart disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Yang, Eric Y ^a   Chambless, Lloyd ^b   Sharrett, A Richey ^c   Virani, Salim S ^a,d   Liu, Xiaoxi ^b   Tang, Zhengzheng ^b   Boerwinkle, Eric ^e   Ballantyne, Christie M ^a   Nambi, Vijay ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIC; arterial stiffness; carotid ultrasound; coronary heart disease; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY WALL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84855358652     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.626200     Document Type: Article

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