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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| 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 |