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Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness measurement: A new screening test for subclinic atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
OBJECTIVE: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) consist of a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. Inflammatory process is known to be involved in all stages of atherosclerosis. Early atherosclerosis is reflected by increased levels of carotid artery intima media thickness (c-IMT) and high-sensitivi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Kare Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28752137 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2017.74508 |