Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine.
Stein
James H
JH
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA. jhs@medicine.wisc.edu
Korcarz
Claudia E
CE
Hurst
R Todd
RT
Lonn
Eva
E
Kendall
Christopher B
CB
Mohler
Emile R
ER
Najjar
Samer S
SS
Rembold
Christopher M
CM
Post
Wendy S
WS
D026683:Advisory Committees; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed / Q000379:methods*