Non-invasive assessments reveal that more than half of randomly selected middle-aged individuals have evidence of subclinical atherosclerosis: A DanRisk substudy

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-308

  Bjerrum, Ida S ^a   Sand, Niels P Rønnow ^a,d   Poulsen, Mikael K ^b   Nørgaard, Bjarne L ^c,d   Sidelmann, Johannes J ^a,d   Johansen, Allan ^b   Mickley, Hans ^b   Diederichsen, Axel C P ^b,d  

^a SVS Esbjerg ^*  (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carotid IMT; Coronary artery calcium; General population; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALBUMINURIA; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84877141152     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0091-8     Document Type: Article

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