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Left carotid adventitial vasa vasorum signal correlates directly with age and with left carotid intima-media thickness in individuals without atheromatous risk factors

OBJECTIVE: The early identification of the onset of subclinical atheromatosis is essential in reducing the high mortality risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) worldwide. Although carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is the most commonly used early predictor of ongoing atherosclerosis, an experime...

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Autores principales: Arcidiacono, Maria Vittoria, Rubinat, Esther, Borras, Mercè, Betriu, Angels, Trujillano, Javier, Vidal, Teresa, Mauricio, Didac, Fernández, Elvira
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/PMC4404263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-015-0014-7