Carotid plaque characterization, stenosis, and intima-media thickness according to age and gender in a large registry cohort

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1185-1191

  Boulos, Nancy M ^a   Gardin, Julius M ^b   Malik, Shaista ^a   Postley, John ^c   Wong, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CAROTID STENOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84956907036     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.12.062     Document Type: Article

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