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Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Pulse Wave Velocity After Recovery From Kawasaki Disease

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute inflammatory process affecting the arterial walls that results in panvasculitis. Recent studies have shown that even after resolution of the disease, endothelial dysfunction persists and may progress to atherosclerosis. The pulse wave velo...

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Autores principales: Lee, Soo Jin, Ahn, Hye Mi, You, Jung Hyun, Hong, Young Mi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949610
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2009.39.7.264