The Carotid Artery Plaque Size and Echogenicity are Related to Different Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly

• Published in: Lipids
• Main Authors: Andersson, J., Sundstrom, J., Kurland, L., Gustavsson, Tomas, Hulthe, Johannes, Elmgren, A., Zilmer, K., Zilmer, M., Lind, L.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems; Carotid artery; Atherosclerosis; men; coronary-heart-disease; density-lipoprotein cholesterol; independent predictor; prevalence; tromso; seniors pivus; Oxidation; Plaque; general-population; Ultrasound; Risk factor; count; leukocyte; uppsala; Lipids; Tromso
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-009-3281-y; https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/114165

Carotid plaques can be characterised by ultrasound by size and echogenicity. Both size and echogenicity are predictors of cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to examine whether traditional risk factors and markers of inflammation and oxidation were associated with plaque size and echoge...