Carotid artery atherosclerosis among 65-year-old Swedish men - A population-based screening study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-10

  Hogberg D ^a,b   Kragsterman, B ^a   Bjorck M ^a   Tjarnstrom J ^a,b   Wanhainen, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Surgery NU Hospital Organization ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Carotid stenosis; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84902546494     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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