Common carotid artery intima–media thickness is as good as carotid intima–media thickness of all carotid artery segments in improving prediction of coronary heart disease risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

AIMS: Carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) and plaque information can improve coronary heart disease (CHD) risk prediction when added to traditional risk factors (TRF). However, obtaining adequate images of all carotid artery segments (A-CIMT) may be difficult. Of A-CIMT, the common carotid artery...

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Auteurs principaux: Nambi, Vijay, Chambless, Lloyd, He, Max, Folsom, Aaron R., Mosley, Tom, Boerwinkle, Eric, Ballantyne, Christie M.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Oxford University Press 2012
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Clinical Research
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258447/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21666250
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr192
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