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Carotid characteristics of black South Africans with five-year sustained hypertension

INTRODUCTION: An important feature of hypertension is a reduction in large artery distensibility, which may be due to structural and functional adaptations. Black populations are particularly prone to the development of hypertension. We therefore compared the carotid characteristics between fiveyear...

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Autores principales: Maritz, Melissa, Fourie, Carla MT, van Rooyen, Johannes M, Huisman, Hugo W, Schutte, Aletta E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27841914
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-059