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Obesity Is Associated With Progression of Atherosclerosis During Statin Treatment

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the relationship of statin therapy and cardiovascular risk factors to changes in atherosclerosis in the carotid artery. METHODS AND RESULTS: Carotid magnetic resonance imaging was used to evaluate 106 hyperlipidemic participants at baseline and after 12 mont...

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Autores principales: Sandfort, Veit, Lai, Shenghan, Ahlman, Mark A., Mallek, Marissa, Liu, Songtao, Sibley, Christopher T., Turkbey, Evrim B., Lima, João A. C., Bluemke, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27413040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003621