Carotid plaque score and intima media thickness as predictors of stroke and mortality in hypertensive patients

Hypertension Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 902-909

  Kawai, Tatsuo ^a   Ohishi, Mitsuru ^a   Takeya, Yasushi ^a   Onishi, Miyuki ^a   Ito, Norihisa ^a   Oguro, Ryosuke ^a   Yamamoto, Koichi ^a   Kamide, Kei ^a   Rakugi, Hiromi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Carotid ultrasonography; Intima media thickness; Plaque score; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID PLAQUE SCORE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84885146631     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2013.61     Document Type: Article

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