Abstract The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study is a population-based
observational study of randomly sampled, census-based populations in four locations within …

The detection of atherosclerotic lesions in asymptomatic healthy subjects is possible using
ultrasound. Populations can be investigated in order to detect differences in early and …

Atherosclerosis is a progressive and degenerative disease of the artery wall which begins
relatively early in life, years if not decades prior to the onset of clinical signs and symptoms …

The positive correlation between cerebral ischemia and carotid atherosclerosis of
extracranial tract has been well established. The reliability of echotomography as diagnostic …

The quantitative and qualitative evaluation of atherosclerotic lesions by the ultrasonography
has presented several problems, above all, the determination of accuracy and …

Non-invasive vascular testing evolved initially to meet the needs of the surgeon to identify
haemodynamically significant lesions. However, with refinement of techniques and the …

Since the beginning of the 1980's, various biomedical scientists have faced the problem of
measuring and validating atherosclerotic lesion severity, extent and composition by …