Identification by Ultrasound Evaluation of the Carotid and Femoral Arteries of High-Risk Subjects Missed by Three Validated Cardiovascular Disease Risk Algorithms

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1617-1623

  Postley, John E ^a   Luo, Yanting ^b   Wong, Nathan D ^c   Gardin, Julius M ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945545402     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.08.031     Document Type: Article

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