Sex differences between vascular endothelial function and carotid intima-media thickness by Framingham Risk Score

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 281-286

  Yao, Fengjuan ^a   Liu, Yanqiu ^a   Liu, Donghong ^a   Wu, Suhua ^a   Lin, Hong ^a   Fan, Rui ^a   Li, Cuiling ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid artery intima media thickness; Flow mediated dilatation; Framingham Risk Score; Sex differences; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; RISK SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND; VERY ELDERLY;

CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FLOW-MEDIATED DILATATION; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCES; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84893548483     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.2.281     Document Type: Article

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