Carotid intima-media thickness and plaque in cardiovascular risk assessment

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1025-1038

  Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^a,b   Lee, Ming Sum ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; carotid artery; intima media thickness; plaque; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84908040572     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.11.014     Document Type: Review

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