Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , January 2010

Variations in Carotid Artery Intima–Media Thickness during the Cardiac Cycle in Children

  • Spencer Menees

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
    • ,
  • Danna Zhang, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Kansas City, Missouri
    • ,
  • Joseph Le

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
    • ,
  • Jie Chen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Kansas City, Missouri
    • ,
  • Geetha Raghuveer, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Geetha Raghuveer, MD, MPH, Cardiology, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108.

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 Funding: Sarah Morrison Student Research Grant, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2007.

PII: S0894-7317(09)00999-7

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.016

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , January 2010

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