Thickening of the carotid wall: A marker for atherosclerosis in the elderly?

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-231

  O'Leary, Daniel H ^a,h   Polak, Joseph F ^a   Kronmal, Richard A ^b,i   Savage, Peter J ^c   Borhani, Nemat O ^b   Kittner, Steven J ^d   Tracy, Russell ^e   Gardin, Julius M ^f   Price, Thomas R ^d   Furberg, Curt D ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CHS Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; diagnostic in aging; elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 9044228023     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.2.224     Document Type: Article

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