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Association Between Carotid Artery Function and Structure in the Northern Manhattan Study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Carotid plaque (CP), carotid intima media thickness (cIMT), and stiffness (STIFF) are pre-clinical markers of atherosclerosis and predictors of cerebrovascular disease (CVD). We sought to investigate whether STIFF is a significant determinant of cIMT and CP, which may provide...

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Autores principales: Della-Morte, David, Gardener, Hannah, Dong, Chuanhui, Markert, Matthew, Cabral, Digna, Elkind, Mitchell S. V., Sacco, Ralph L., Rundek, Tatjana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713306
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00246