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Intima-Media Thickness and Pulse Wave Velocity in Hypertensive Adolescents

Increased intima-media thickness (IMT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are noninvasive markers of early arterial wall alteration and are more widely used in adult clinical research. We investigated whether IMT and PWV are useful predictors of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive adolescents. Fifteen hy...

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Autores principales: Gil, Tae Young, Sung, Choi Youn, Shim, Sung Shine, Hong, Young Mi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18303196
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.1.35