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Regional and demographic variations of Carotid artery Intima and Media Thickness (CIMT): A Systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Carotid artery intima media thickness (CIMT) is a strong predictor of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and independent phenotype of early atherosclerosis. The global variation of CIMT and its demographic association is yet unclear. We evaluated regional variations of CIMT based...

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Autores principales: Abeysuriya, V., Perera, B. P. R., Wickremasinghe, A. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9275715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35819948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268716