Predictive Value of Noninvasive Measures of Atherosclerosis for Incident Myocardial Infarction The Rotterdam Study

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 109; no. 9; pp. 1089 - 1094
• Main Authors: van der Meer, Irene M., Bots, Michiel L., Hofman, Albert, Iglesias del Sol, Antonio, van der Kuip, Deirdre A.M., Witteman, Jacqueline C.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 09.03.2004; American Heart Association, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Arteriosclerosis - complications; Arteriosclerosis - diagnosis; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cohort Studies; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Vascular disease; Myocardial infarction; coronary disease; Heart disease; Atherosclerosis; Predictive value; Cardiovascular disease; Myocardial disease; Epidemiology

Background— Several noninvasive methods are available to investigate the severity of extracoronary atherosclerotic disease. No population-based study has yet examined whether differences exist between these measures with regard to their predictive value for myocardial infarction (MI) or whether a gi...