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Cardio-ankle vascular index is associated with cardiovascular target organ damage and vascular structure and function in patients with diabetes or metabolic syndrome, LOD-DIABETES study: a case series report

BACKGROUND: The cardio ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a new index of the overall stiffness of the artery from the origin of the aorta to the ankle. This index can estimate the risk of atherosclerosis. We aimed to find the relationship between CAVI and target organ damage (TOD), vascular structure an...

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Autores principales: Gómez-Marcos, Manuel Ángel, Recio-Rodríguez, José Ignacio, Patino-Alonso, María Carmen, Agudo-Conde, Cristina, Gómez-Sánchez, Leticia, Gomez-Sanchez, Marta, Rodríguez-Sanchez, Emiliano, Maderuelo-Fernandez, Jose Angel, García-Ortiz, Luís
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-014-0167-y