Carotid intima-media thickness and the prediction of vascular events

Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 239-248

  Robertson, Christine M ^a   Gerry, F ^a   Fowkes, R ^a   Price, Jacqueline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864549145     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X12445103     Document Type: Article

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