Common Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index Correlate with Local but Not Global Atheroma Burden: A Cross Sectional Study Using Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Angiography

BACKGROUND: Common carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) are used as surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, and have been shown to correlate with arterial stiffness, however their correlation with global atherosclerotic burden has not been previously assessed....

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Autores principales: Weir-McCall, Jonathan R., Khan, Faisel, Lambert, Matthew A., Adamson, Carly L., Gardner, Michael, Gandy, Stephen J., Ramkumar, Prasad Guntur, Belch, Jill J. F., Struthers, Allan D., Rauchhaus, Petra, Morris, Andrew D., Houston, J. Graeme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4059661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24933122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099190

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