Is carotid intima-media thickness as predictive as other noninvasive techniques for the detection of coronary artery disease?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1341-1345

  Zhang, Yiyi ^a   Guallar, Eliseo ^a   Qiao, Ye ^b   Wasserman, Bruce A ^b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid intima media thickness; coronary disease; magnetic resonance imaging; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADVENTITIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PET-CT SCANNER; PET-MRI SCANNER; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASA VASORUM; VASCULITIS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOINTIMA; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84903216131     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.302075     Document Type: Article

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