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What Do Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque Add to Prediction of Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Older Adults? The Cardiovascular Health Study

BACKGROUND: We evaluated whether addition of carotid ultrasound intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements and risk categories of plaque help predict incident stroke and CVD in older adults. METHODS: Carotid ultrasound studies were recorded in the multicenter Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS). Cardi...

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Hauptverfasser: Gardin, Julius M., Bartz, Traci M., Polak, Joseph F., O’Leary, Daniel H., Wong, Nathan D.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2014
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158921/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25172401
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.06.013
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