Composite carotid intima-media thickness as a risk predictor of coronary heart disease in a selected population in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Segment-specific variations of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) have not been assessed in South Asian populations. The purpose of this study was to determine if segment-specific CIMTs or a composite-CIMT score is a better risk predictor of coronary heart disease in South Asian popul...

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Autores principales: Abeysuriya, Visula, Wijesinha, Nirmala A. I., Priyadharshan, Prakash P., Chandrasena, Lal G., Wickremasinghe, Ananda Rajitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35994446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271986

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35994446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271986

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