Carotid IMT variability (IMTV) and its validation in symptomatic versus asymptomatic italian population: Can this be a useful index for studying symptomaticity?

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1111-1119

  Saba, Luca ^a   Meiburger, Kristen M ^b   Molinari, Filippo ^b   Ledda, Giuseppe ^a   Anzidei, Michele ^a   Acharya, U Rajendra ^c   Zeng, Guang ^d   Shafique, Shoaib ^e   Nicolaides, Andrew ^f   Suri, Jasjit S ^g,h,i  

^a AUO Cagliari ^*  (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d MBF Bioscience   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Vascular Diagnostic Center   (Cyprus)

^g AtheroPoint LLC   (United States)

^h Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

ⁱ IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867399387     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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