Carotid artery plaque morphology and composition in relation to incident cardiovascular events: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

Radiology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 381-389

  Zavodni, Anna E H ^a   Wasserman, Bruce A ^b   McClelland, Robyn L ^c   Gomes, Antoinette S ^d   Folsom, Aaron R ^e   Polak, Joseph F ^f   Lima, João A C ^b   Bluemke, David A ^g  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID CORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REMODELING INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESUSCITATED CARDIAC ARREST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899521378     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14131020     Document Type: Article

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