Is carotid intima-media thickness useful in cardiovascular disease risk assessment? The Rotterdam Study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We determined the contribution of common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in the prediction of future coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease when added to established risk factors. METHODS: We used data from a nested case-control study comprising 374 subjects with either an incident stroke or a myocardial infarction and 1496 controls. A

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Verfasser: Sol, A.I. (Antonio Iglesias)
Moons, K.G.M. (Karel)
Hollander, M. (Monika)
Koudstaal, P.J. (Peter)
Grobbee, D.E. (Diederick)
Breteler, M.M.B. (Monique)
Witteman, J.C.M. (Jacqueline)
Bots, M.L. (Michiel)
Hofman, A. (Albert)
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Schlagwörter: Aged / Arteriosclerosis/complications/pathology/ultrasonography / Carotid Arteries/*pathology/ultrasonography / Carotid Artery Diseases/complications/pathology/ultrasonography / Case-Control Studies / Cerebrovascular Accident/*etiology / Female / Follow-Up Studies / Humans / Male / Middle aged / Myocardial Infarction/*etiology / Netherlands / Prospective Studies / ROC Curve / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't / Risk Assessment / Risk Factors / Tunica Intima/pathology/ultrasonography / Tunica Media/pathology/ultrasonography / Ultrasonography/methods
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://repub.eur.nl/pub/9677