Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Brain Infarction
- 18 July 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 102 (3), 313-318
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.102.3.313
Abstract
Background—The use of intima-media thickness (IMT) as an outcome measure in observational studies and intervention trials relies on the view that it reflects early stages of atherosclerosis and car...Keywords
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