Prediction of carotid plaques in hypertensive patients by risk factors, left ventricular hypertrophy, and epicardial adipose tissue thickness

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-283

  Pierdomenico, Sante D ^a   Mancini, Mariantonietta ^a   Cuccurullo, Chiara ^a   Guglielmi, Maria D ^a   Pierdomenico, Anna M ^a   Di Nicola, Marta ^a   Di Carlo, Silvio ^a   Lapenna, Domenico ^a   Cuccurullo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid plaques; Epicardial adipose tissue; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERICARDIUM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 84878706850     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-012-0240-y     Document Type: Article

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