Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1389-1395 , December 2009

Direct Measurement of Wall Stiffness for Carotid Arteries by Ultrasound Strain Imaging

  • Toshihiro Kawasaki, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Shota Fukuda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Shota Fukuda, MD, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, 2-1-10 Honden, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0022, Japan.
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  • Kenei Shimada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Kumiko Maeda, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Ken Yoshida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hiroe Sunada, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hitoshi Inanami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hidemasa Tanaka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Satoshi Jissho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Haruyuki Taguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Minoru Yoshiyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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  • Junichi Yoshikawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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 There is no conflict of interest or financial disclosure.

PII: S0894-7317(09)00854-2

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.011

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1389-1395 , December 2009

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