The Value of Carotid Artery Plaque and Intima‐Media Thickness for Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

BACKGROUND: Carotid artery plaques are associated with coronary artery atherosclerotic lesions. We evaluated various ultrasound definitions of carotid artery plaque as predictors of future cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) events. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied the risk...

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Main Authors: Polak, Joseph F., Szklo, Moyses, Kronmal, Richard A., Burke, Gregory L., Shea, Steven, Zavodni, Anna E. H., O'Leary, Daniel H.
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647272/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23568342
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.113.000087
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