What do carotid Intima-media thickness and plaque add to the prediction of stroke and cardiovascular disease risk in older adults? the cardiovascular health study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 998-1005.e2

  Gardin, Julius M ^a   Bartz, Traci M ^b   Polak, Joseph F ^c,d   O'Leary, Daniel H ^d   Wong, Nathan D ^e  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid arteries; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMORBIDITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84906839688     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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