Longitudinal changes in size and composition of carotid artery plaques using ultrasound: Adaptation and validation of methods (inter-and intraobserver variability)

Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 198-208

  Bjornsdottir, Gudlaug ^a   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^a   Sturlaugsdottir, Ran ^a   Gudmundsdottir, Agnes ^a   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^a   Thorsson, Bolli ^a   Aspelund, Thor ^a,b   Gustavsson, Tomas ^c   Launer, Lenore J ^d   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a,b  

^a ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Laboratory of Epidemiology   (United States)

^e Demography and Biometry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84999048599     PISSN: 15443167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154431671403800402     Document Type: Article

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