Echogenicity of the carotid intima-media complex and cardiovascular risk factors

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 400-403

  De Blois, Jonathan ^a   Stranden, Einar ^b   Jogestrand, Tomas ^c   Henareh, Loghman ^c   Agewall, Stefan ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Carotid intima media complex; Echogenicity; Grey scale median; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOGENICITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84864496812     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2012.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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