Measurement of intima media thickness of carotid artery by B-mode ultrasound in healthy people of India and Bangladesh, and relation of age and sex with carotid artery intima media thickness: An observational study

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-131

  Paul, Jayanta ^a   Shaw, Kishore ^a   Dasgupta, Somnath ^a   Ghosh, Mrinal Kanti ^a  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Age; carotid artery intima media thickness; ethnicity; normal healthy subjects; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; B SCAN; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84860706454     PISSN: 09753583     EISSN: 09762833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-3583.95367     Document Type: Article

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