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Increased carotid intima-media thickness in scuba divers

BACKGROUND: Scuba divers work in high pressure conditions which may cause some changes in physiological status to adapt to this situation. In this study, the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) was assessed in divers as a risk factor of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders. METHODS: This h...

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Autores principales: Mehrpour, Masoud, Rezaali, Saeed, Shams-Hosseini, Narges Sadat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3968357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24800047