Carotid intima-media thickness in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): a narrative review

BACKGROUND: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), as measured by ultrasound, has been used in large studies as a non-invasive marker for subclinical atherosclerosis. The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) is a cohort of 15,105 civil servants in six Brazilian cities that incl...

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Autores principales: Santos, Eduardo Henrique Sena, dos Santos, Pedro José, Santos, Itamar de Souza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM 2018
Materias:
Narrative Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0272141017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0272141017

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