Arterial ultrasound screening as a tool for coronary risk assessment in asymptomatic men and women

Angiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-288

  Cournot, Maxime ^a   Bura, Alessandra ^b,c   Cambou, Jean Pierre ^b   Taraszkiewicz, Dorota ^c   Maloizel, Julie ^b   Galinier, Michel ^b   Broutin, Hélène Hanaire ^b   Chamontin, Bernard ^b   Carrié, Didier ^b   Ferrieres, Jean ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier du Val d'Ariege   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

arterial ultrasonography; carotid plaque; cohort study; coronary heart disease; femoral plaque; intima media thickness; primary prevention; screening

Indexed keywords

COLESTYRAMINE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMORAL PLAQUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SUDDEN DEATH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859777405     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319711414865     Document Type: Article

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