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Impact of Intima–Media Thickness Progression in the Common Carotid Arteries on the Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Suita Study

BACKGROUND: No prospective study of the relationship between intima–media thickness (IMT) progression and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been performed. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 4724 participants (mean age: 59.7±11.9 years; without CVD at the baseline) who had carotid ultrasonograp...

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Autores principales: Kokubo, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Makoto, Higashiyama, Aya, Nakao, Yoko M., Nakamura, Fumiaki, Miyamoto, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29858361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007720