Preclinical atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome increase cardio- and cerebrovascular events rate: a 20-year follow up

BACKGROUND: Intima-media thickness (IMT) is a validated marker of preclinical atherosclerosis and a predictor of cardiovascular events. PATIENTS: We studied a population of 529 asymptomatic patients (age 62 ± 12.8 years), divided into two groups of subjects with and without Metabolic Syndrome (MetS)...

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Autores principales: Novo, Salvatore, Peritore, Angelica, Trovato, Rosaria Linda, Guarneri, Francesco Paolo, Di Lisi, Daniela, Muratori, Ida, Novo, Giuseppina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24152423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-155

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24152423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-155

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