Carotid intima-media thickness: more than a research tool?
Verhamme
Peter
P
Dept. of Vascular Medicine and Haemostasis, UZ Leuven Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. Peter.Verhamme@uz.kuleuven.be
Kerkhof
Flor
F
Buysschaert
Ian
I
Rietzschel
Ernst
E
de Groot
Eric
E
D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*