Asymmetrical distribution of atherosclerosis in the carotid artery: Identical patterns across age, race, and gender

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 687-697

  Tajik, Parvin ^a,b   Meijer, Rudy ^a   Duivenvoorden, Raphaël ^c   Peters, Sanne A E ^a   Kastelein, John J ^c   Visseren, Frank J ^a   Crouse III, John R ^d   Palmer, Mike K ^e   Raichlen, Joel S ^f   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; haemodynamics; imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871691594     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711410821     Document Type: Article

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