Assessment of intima-media thickness in healthy children aged 1 to 15 years

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 327-332

  Baroncini, Liz Andréa Villela ^a   Sylvestre, Lucimary de Castro ^a   Pecoits Filho, Roberto ^a  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Carotid intima media thickness; Child; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84964309732     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20160030     Document Type: Article

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