The utility of ultrasonic tissue characterization of carotid plaque in the prediction of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-405

  Irie, Yoko ^a   Katakami, Naoto ^a   Kaneto, Hideaki ^a   Takahara, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Nishio, Mayu ^b   Kasami, Ryuichi ^a   Sakamoto, Ken'ya ^b   Umayahara, Yutaka ^c   Sumitsuji, Satoru ^a   Ueda, Yasunori ^b   Kosugi, Keisuke ^b   Shimomura, Iichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Carotid ultrasound; Diabetes mellitus; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ULTRASOUND; DIABETES MELLITUS; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884526796     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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