Compliance of the aorta in two diseases affecting vascular elasticity, familial hypercholesterolemia and diabetes: a MRI study

Arterial elasticity changes in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) with different but overlapping mechanisms. We compared aortic elasticity between 19 FH patients with the same mutation, 18 type 2 DM patients, and 30 controls, all aged 48 to 64. They underwent aortic magnet...

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Main Authors: Soljanlahti, Sami, Autti, Taina, Hyttinen, Laura, Vuorio, Alpo F, Keto, Pekka, Lauerma, Kirsi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605333/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19183759
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