The impact of variability in ultrasound settings on the measured echolucency of the carotid intima-media

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1861-1867

  Peters, Sanne A E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Lind, Lars ^b   Groenewegen, Karlijn A ^a   De Korte, Chris ^c   Den Ruijter, Hester M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound; Carotid artery; Echolucency; Methodology

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884205818     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283623548     Document Type: Article

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