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Title:

Quality control of B-mode ultrasonic measurement of carotid artery intima-media thickness: the European Lacidipine Study on Atherosclerosis.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Tang, R; Hennig, M; Bond, MG; Hollweck, R; Mancia, G; Zanchetti, A
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The European Lacidipine Study of Atherosclerosis (ELSA) was a prospective, randomized, double-blind, multinational interventional trial using B-mode ultrasound measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in 2259 hypertensive individuals. ELSA showed that 4-year treatment with the calcium antagonist, lacidipine, significantly slowed down progression of carotid atherosclerosis as compared with treatment with the beta-blocker, atenolol. OBJECTIVE: To report data on cross-section...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Hypertens
Year:
2005
Journal volume:
23
Journal issue:
5
Pages contribution:
1047-54
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15834291
Print-ISSN:
0263-6352
TUM Institution:
Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
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