Ultrasound Markers that Describe Plaques Are More Sensitive than Mean Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-422

  Ershova, Alexandra I ^a   Balakhonova, Tatyana V ^a   Meshkov, Alexey N ^a   Rozhkova, Tatyana A ^a   Boytsov, Sergey A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT PATIENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROL GROUPS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS;

DISEASES; RISK PERCEPTION; ULTRASONICS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856573089     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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