Carotid adventitial vasa vasorum and intima-media thickness in a primary prevention population

Echocardiography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-270

  Sampson, Uchechukwu K A ^a   Harrell, Frank E ^a   Fazio, Sergio ^a   Nwosu, Sam ^a   Mercaldo, Nate ^a   Mensah, George A ^b   Davidson, Michael H ^c   Coll, Blai ^d   Feinstein, Steve B ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cardiovascular risk; contrast enhanced ultrasound; in vivo imaging; neovascularization; noninvasive imaging; vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CAROTID ADVENTITIAL VASA VASORUM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; VASA VASORUM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84922758108     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12646     Document Type: Article

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