Improvement in the estimation of cardiovascular risk by carotid intima-medial thickness: A report from the Dublin Cardiohealth station study

BACKGROUND: The 5th Joint Task Force European guidelines on cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention recommend the measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in asymptomatic individuals at moderate risk (Class IIa). We aimed to evaluate the ability of CIMT to further risk stratify patients....

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Autores principales: Cooney, Maeve, Cooney, Marie -Therese, Maher, Vincent, Khan, Barket, Leong, Tora, Graham, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Regular Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26844144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.004

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