Common carotid intima-media thickness in cardiovascular risk stratification of older people: The Rotterdam Study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 698-705

  Elias Smale, Suzette E ^a   Kavousi, Maryam ^a   Verwoert, Germaine C ^a   Koller, Michael T ^b   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Mattace Raso, Francesco U S ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^c   Reneman, Robert S ^c   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; Carotid arteries; prediction; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865441021     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711414623     Document Type: Article

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