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    The association of the ankle-brachial index with incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study, 1987–2001

    Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), defined by a low ankle-brachial index (ABI), is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, but the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) over the range of the...

    Beth D Weatherley, Jeanenne J Nelson, Gerardo Heiss… in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2007)

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    Ultrasound Measurement of Atherosclerosis: Directions for Epidemiology

    In the past, philosophers searched for the elixir which would prolong life indefinitely and alchemists tried to transmute base metals into gold and silver. Epidemiologists may be their 20th Century counterpart...

    Millicent W. Higgins… in Pathobiology of the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque (1990)

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    Ultrasound Studies of Factors Associated with Early Atheromata: Design Considerations

    Arterial imaging of atherosclerotic lesions by ultrasound can be used in epidemiological studies of factors associated with early atheromata. We believe that ultrasound is ready for this application. However, ...

    A. Richey Sharrett, Millicent Higgins in Pathobiology of the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque (1990)