Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 955-961, June 2009

Wall Irregularity Rather Than Intima-Media Thickness is Associated with Nearby Atherosclerosis

  • Iulia M. Graf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Floris H.B.M. Schreuder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Maastricht Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen M. Hameleers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Werner H. Mess

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Maastricht Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Robert S. Reneman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold P.G. Hoeks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Arnold P.G. Hoeks, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, CARIM, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Received 19 September 2008; received in revised form 12 December 2008; accepted 16 December 2008. published online 02 March 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00606-6

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.016

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 955-961, June 2009

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