High prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis by carotid ultrasound among Mexican Americans: Discordance with 10-year risk assessment using the Framingham risk score

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1224-1232

  Laing, Susan T ^a   Smulevitz, Beverly ^a   Vatcheva, Kristina P ^b   Rentfro, Anne R ^b   McPherson, David D ^a   Fisher Hoch, Susan P ^b   McCormick, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid ultrasound; Framingham risk score; minority population; risk assessment; subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868202903     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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