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Chinese Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation (CARE II) study: a novel cross-sectional, multicentre study of the prevalence of high-risk atherosclerotic carotid plaque in Chinese patients with ischaemic cerebrovascular events—design and rationale

BACKGROUND: Carotid atherosclerotic plaque is identified as one of the main sources of ischaemic stroke. However, the prevalence of carotid high-risk atherosclerotic plaque in Chinese patients with ischaemic cerebrovascular events has been inconsistently reported and needs to be investigated in a la...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Xihai, Li, Rui, Hippe, Daniel S, Hatsukami, Thomas S, Yuan, Chun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/svn-2016-000053