Carotid plaque burden as a measure of subclinical coronary artery disease in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1305-1310

  Ten Kate, Gerrit L ^a   Ten Kate, Gert Jan R ^a,b   Van Den Oord, Stijn C H ^a   Dedic, Admir ^a   Dharampal, Anoeshka S ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Sijbrands, Eric J G ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876705717     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.01.274     Document Type: Article

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