Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): A meta-analysis of individual participant data

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9831, 2012, Pages 2053-2062

  Lorenz, Matthias W ^a   Polak, Joseph F ^b   Kavousi, Maryam ^c   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^d,e   Völzke, Henry ^f   Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^g   Sander, Dirk ^h,i   Plichart, Matthieu ^j,k   Catapano, Alberico L ^l,m   Robertson, Christine M ⁿ   Kiechl, Stefan ^o   Rundek, Tatjana ^p   Desvarieux, Moïse ^j,q,r   Lind, Lars ^s   Schmid, Caroline ^t   DasMahapatra, Pronabesh ^u   Gao, Lu ^v   Ziegelbauer, Kathrin ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^c,w   Thompson, Simon G ^v  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^j INSERM   (France)

^k Paris Descartes University   (France)

^l IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^o INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^r EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^s UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^u Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COURSE EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; STROKE; VASCULAR DEATH;

EID: 84861603059     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60441-3     Document Type: Article

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