The reproducibility in the identification of carotid artery lesions using B-mode ultrasound was
studied in a large random sample selected from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities …

The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study examined popliteal and extracranial carotid
arteries in approximately 16,000 randomly selected participants, aged 45 to 64 years …

The effect of age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, pulse rate and cigarette smoking on
extracranial carotid artery plaque thickness evaluated by B-mode ultrasonography was …

To assess whether carotid atherosclerosis measured by B-mode ultrasound is related to
cardiovascular risk factors, 386 cases with carotid artery wall thickening and an equal …

Background and Purpose Ultrasonography is increasingly used in vascular research, but
there is limited information about the reproducibility of the ultrasound method for screening …

Carotid artery atherosclerosis, age, family history, smoking, arterial hypertension, diabetes
mellitus, and dyslipidemia represent risk factors of cerebrovascular events (stroke and …

In the Tromsø study, we have successfully used high resolution ultrasonography for
assessing atherosclerosis development in a general population. The method is well suited …

There is little information on the distribution of atherosclerotic lesions of the extracranial
carotid artery wall in free-living populations. The purpose of the present study was to …

To measure the association of cardiovascular disease risk factors with carotid artery
diameter and thickness of the intima and media in the general population, standardized …

B-mode ultrasound is a widely used technique for the clinical and epidemiological
assessment of carotid atherosclerosis. This article provides a description of the distribution …