The impact of carotid plaque presence and morphology on mortality outcome in cardiological patients

BACKGROUND: Carotid plaque severity and morphology can affect cardiovascular prognosis. We evaluate both the importance of echographically assessed carotid artery plaque geometry and morphology as predictors of death in hospitalised cardiological patients. METHODS: 541 hospitalised patients admitted...

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Autores principales: Petersen, Christina, Peçanha, Patricia B, Venneri, Lucia, Pasanisi, Emilio, Pratali, Lorenza, Picano, Eugenio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1468430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16563156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-4-16

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