Carotid intima-media thickness for cardiovascular risk assessment: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  van den Oord, Stijn C H ^a   Sijbrands, Eric J G ^a   ten Kate, Gerrit L ^a   van Klaveren, David ^a   van Domburg, Ron T ^a   van der Steen, Antonius F W ^a   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasound; Intima media thickness; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876816394     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.01.025     Document Type: Review

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