Ultrasonographic markers of vascular risk in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 619-624

  Silvestrini, Mauro ^a   Altamura, Claudia ^b   Cerqua, Raffaella ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^c,d   Viticchi, Giovanna ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Paulon, Luca ^c,e   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid artery; cerebrovascular disease; risk factors; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC SEVERE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84876412649     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.5     Document Type: Article

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