Variations in common carotid artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle: Implications for cardiovascular risk assessment

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1023-1028

  Polak, Joseph F ^a   Meisner, Allison ^b   Pencina, Michael J ^c   Wolf, Philip A ^b   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Diastole; Risk factors; Systole; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE PRESSURE; R WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84865205723     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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