B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery intima-media thickness and external diameter: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a large population sample

BACKGROUND: Arterial diameter and intima-media thickness (IMT) enlargement may each be related to the atherosclerotic process. Their separate or combined enlargement may indicate different arterial phenotypes with different atherosclerosis risk. METHODS: We investigated cross-sectional (baseline 198...

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Autores principales: Eigenbrodt, Marsha L, Bursac, Zoran, Tracy, Richard E, Mehta, Jawahar L, Rose, Kathryn M, Couper, David J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18321381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-6-10

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