Rapid screening for subclinical atherosclerosis by carotid ultrasound examination: The happy (Heart Attack Prevention Program for You) substudy

Global Heart

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-89

  Singh, Shaanemeet ^a   Nagra, Aslam ^b   Maheshwari, Puneet ^a   Panwar, Rajababu ^c   Hecht, Harvey ^d   Fukumoto, Takenori ^e   Bansal, Manish ^f   Panthagani, David ^g   Lammertin, Georgeanne ^h   Kasliwal, Ravi ^f   Mishra, Hemant ^b   Hofstra, Leonard ⁱ   Singh, Mahendra Pratap ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^d   Sengupta, Partho P ^d   Narula, Jagat ^d  

^a Shah Satnamji Specialty Hospital   (India)

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Panasonic Healthcare Company of North America   (United States)

^f Medanta The Medicity Hospital   (India)

^g Cardionexus Corporation   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ Leids Unversitair Medtsch Centrum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84880912687     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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