%0 Journal Article %T Comparison of ultrasound-measured properties of the common carotid artery to tobacco smoke exposure in a cohort of Indonesian patients %A Abdulatif Gari %A Alexander Anshus %A Allen R. Yu %A Bima Hasjim %A Christina Tse %A Christopher Gabriel %A Esther C. Kim %A J. Christian Fox %A Jonathan B. Lee %A Katrina Lee %A Luke E. Yu %A Maili Alvarado %A Michael J. Louthan %A Shadi Lahham %A Steven Bunch %A Thomas Keown %J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Medicine". %D 2017 %R 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2017.03.003 %X The purpose of this study was to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to investigate the relationship between tobacco smoke exposure and the characteristics of the common carotid artery (CCA). The effect of both primary and secondary smoking on CCA properties was evaluated %K Carotid artery thickness %K Point of care ultrasound %K Indonesia %K Intimal thickness %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496824/