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Size of the Carotid Body in Patients with Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Measured by Computed Tomography Angiography: A Case-Control Study
OBJECTIVES: Carotid bodies (CBs) play an important role in regulating sympathetic nervous system activity. Thus, they are likely to be enlarged in patients with certain cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The aim of this case-control study was to verify this hypothesis using computed tomography...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34697571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9499420 |