Comparison of coronary artery calcium presence, carotid plaque presence, and carotid intima-media thickness for cardiovascular disease prediction in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gepner, Adam D ^a   Young, Rebekah ^b   Delaney, Joseph A ^b   Tattersall, Matthew C ^a   Blaha, Michael J ^c   Post, Wendy S ^c   Gottesman, Rebecca F ^c   Kronmal, Richard ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^d   Burke, Gregory L ^e   Folsom, Aaron R ^f   Liu, Kiang ^g   Kaufman, Joel ^b   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid arteries; Neuroimaging; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84928016645     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002262     Document Type: Article

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