Bilateral common carotid artery ultrasound for prediction of incident strokes using intima-media thickness and external diameter: An observational study

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Eigenbrodt, Marsha L ^a   Evans, Gregory W ^b   Rose, Kathryn M ^c,d   Bursac, Zoran ^e   Tracy, Richard E ^f   Mehta, Jawahar L ^g   Couper, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d SRA International Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial diameter; Arterial geometry; Atherosclerosis; Bilateral; Carotid arteries; Intima media thickness; Prospective study; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878893886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-11-22     Document Type: Article

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