Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and plaque from risk assessment and clinical use to genetic discoveries

Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 1-12, Issue 1-12, 2012, Pages 139-145

  Bartels, Susanne ^a   Franco, Angelica Ruiz ^b   Rundek, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Carotid IMT; Plaque; Risk factors; Surrogate markers; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84867576329     PISSN: 2211968X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.permed.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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