Lessons from the past and promises for the future for carotid intima-media thickness

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1599-1604

  Bots, Michiel L ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

intima media thickness; risk prediction; subclinical atherosclerosis; trial

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84867578589     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.061     Document Type: Review

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