The predictive value of retinal vascular findings for carotid artery atherosclerosis: Are further recommendations with regard to carotid atherosclerosis screening needed?

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-376

  Song, Yeo Jeong ^a   Cho, Kyoung Im ^a   Kim, Seong Man ^a   Jang, Hyun Duk ^a   Park, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Sang Soo ^a   Kim, Dong Jun ^a   Lee, Hyeon Gook ^a   Kim, Tae Ik ^a  

^a Maryknoll Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Carotid intima media thickness; Vascular retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RETINOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RETINOPATHY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VEIN; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84878717913     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-012-0258-1     Document Type: Article

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