Causes of changes in carotid intima-media thickness: a literature review

Atherosclerosis causes significant morbidity and mortality. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) predicts future cardiovascular and ischaemic stroke incidence. CIMT, a measure of atherosclerotic disease, can be reliably determined in vivo by carotid ultrasound. In this review, we determined that CI...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Qu, Baoge, Qu, Tao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-015-0041-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-015-0041-4

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