Segment-specific association of carotid-intima-media thickness with cardiovascular risk factors – findings from the STAAB cohort study

BACKGROUND: The guideline recommendation to not measure carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) for cardiovascular risk prediction is based on the assessment of just one single carotid segment. We evaluated whether there is a segment-specific association between different measurement locations of CIMT...

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Autores principales: Müller-Scholden, Lara, Kirchhof, Jan, Morbach, Caroline, Breunig, Margret, Meijer, Rudy, Rücker, Viktoria, Tiffe, Theresa, Yurdadogan, Tino, Wagner, Martin, Gelbrich, Götz, Bots, Michiel L., Störk, Stefan, Heuschmann, Peter U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30947692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1044-0

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