Reference intervals for common carotid intima-medi thickness measured with echotracking: Relation with risk factors

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 30, 2013, Pages

  Engelen, Lian ^a,b   Ferreira, Isabel ^b,c   Stehouwer, Coen D ^b   Boutouyrie, Pierre ^a   Laurent, Stéphane ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atherosclerois; Carotid intima media thickness; Echotracking; Reference intervals; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOTRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGEING; ATHEROSCLEROIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ECHOTRACKING; REFERENCE INTERVALS; RISK FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882371129     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs380     Document Type: Article

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