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Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness, Carotid Plaque and Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Chinese

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to prospectively investigate the association between carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) as well as carotid plaque and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in Chinese, among whom data are limited. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We conducted a community-based co...

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Autores principales: Chien, Kuo-Liong, Su, Ta-Chen, Jeng, Jiann-Shing, Hsu, Hsiu-Ching, Chang, Wei-Tien, Chen, Ming-Fong, Lee, Yuan-Teh, Hu, Frank B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18927612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003435