Increased intima-media thickness is independently associated with ischemic stroke

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 497-504

  Freitas, Dário ^a   Alves, Ana ^a   Pereira, Alexandre ^a   Pereira, Telmo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Increased intima media thickness; Risk factors; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CERVICAL TRIPLEX SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 84866104640     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2012005000045     Document Type: Article

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