Association of mitral annulus calcification, aortic valve calcification with carotid intima media thickness

BACKGROUND: Mitral annular calcification (MAC) and aortic annular calcification (AVC) may represent a manifestation of generalized atherosclerosis in the elederly. Alterations in vascular structure, as indexed by the intima media thickness (IMT), are also recognized as independent predictors of adve...

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Autores principales: Sgorbini, Luca, Scuteri, Angelo, Leggio, Massimo, Leggio, Francesco
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15471552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-2-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15471552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-2-19

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