Assessment and relevance of carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) in primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1164-1171

  Ravani, Alessio ^a   Werba, José Pablo ^a   Frigerio, Beatrice ^a   Sansaro, Daniela ^a   Amato, Mauro ^a   Tremoli, Elena ^a,b   Baldassarre, Damiano ^a,b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular risk prediction; Carotid intima media thickness (C IMT); Carotid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84925873089     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612820666141013121545     Document Type: Article

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