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Bilateral vessel-outlining carotid artery calcifications in panoramic radiographs: an independent risk marker for vascular events
BACKGROUND: In odontology, panoramic radiographs (PRs) are regularly performed. PRs depict the teeth and jaws as well as carotid artery calcifications (CACs). Patients with CACs on PRs have an increased risk of vascular events compared to healthy controls without CACs, but this association is often...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1211-3 |