Analysis of the population at high risk of stroke detected with carotid artery ultrasonography in Tianjin urban communities

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 275-279

  Yue, Wei ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Yu, De Lin ^a   Liu, Shu Ling ^a   Ji, Yong ^a  

^a TIANJIN HUANHU HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Risk factors; Stroke; Tianjin; Ultrasonography, Doppler, color

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCREENING; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; URBAN POPULATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84929627391     PISSN: 16726731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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