Common carotid artery intimamedia thickness is as good as carotid intimamedia thickness of all carotid artery segments in improving prediction of coronary heart disease risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-190

  Nambi, Vijay ^a,b   Chambless, Lloyd ^c   He, Max ^c   Folsom, Aaron R ^d   Mosley, Tom ^e   Boerwinkle, Eric ^f   Ballantyne, Christie M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CIMT; Plaque; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84856168252     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr192     Document Type: Article

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