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Carotid artery elasticity decreases during pregnancy - the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

BACKGROUND: The aims were to evaluate the effect of pregnancy on carotid artery elasticity and determine the associations between maternal lipids, endothelial function and arterial elasticity during pregnancy. METHODS: We examined 99 pregnant and 99 matched non-pregnant control women as part of a po...

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Autores principales: Kärkkäinen, Henna, Saarelainen, Heli, Valtonen, Pirjo, Laitinen, Tiina, Raitakari, Olli T, Juonala, Markus, Kähönen, Mika, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Heinonen, Seppo, Laitinen, Tomi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24602149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-98