title: Screening for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk Using Ultrasound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; Department of Surgery, Nicosia Medical School, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. Electronic address: anicolai@cytanet.com.cy.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolaides
authors.affiliation: Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in association with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Andrie G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Panayiotou
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism*; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000150:complications*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium
keywords: atheroclerotic plaques; common femoral plaques; computed tomography; risk stratification; screening; ultrasound