Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness Score, Positive Coronary Artery Calcium Score, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

BACKGROUND: Common carotid artery and internal carotid artery intima‐media thicknesses (IMT) are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and increase with age. Using age, sex, and race/ethnicity IMT percentiles may improve CHD prediction when added to Framingham risk factors and coronary artery...

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Autores principales: Polak, Joseph F., Szklo, Moyses, O'Leary, Daniel H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004612

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004612

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