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Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?

BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness is an early marker of atherosclerosis. The carotid arteries are easily accessible by ultrasound and are commonly used for the evaluation of atherosclerosis development. However, this stiffness assessment is based on the elastic properties of the artery, which may be in...

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Autores principales: Podgórski, Michał, Winnicka, Monika, Polguj, Michał, Grzelak, Piotr, Łukaszewski, Maciej, Stefańczyk, Ludomir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27639559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-016-0084-1