Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Provides Evidence that Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Protects against Systemic Atherosclerosis
Hung A, Zafar M, Mukherjee S, Tranquilli M, Scoutt LM, Elefteriades JA. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Provides Evidence that Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Protects against Systemic Atherosclerosis. Cardiology 2012, 123: 71-77. PMID: 23006774, DOI: 10.1159/000341234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntima-media thicknessCarotid intima-media thicknessAortic aneurysmCalcium scoreAortic calcium scoreAverage intima-media thicknessAortic aneurysm patientsCarotid IMT valuesDegree of atherosclerosisPositive family historyAortic aneurysm developmentDevelopment of atherosclerosisCommon carotid arterySystemic atherosclerosisAneurysm patientsIMT valuesMale genderRisk factorsCarotid arteryFamily historyMultiple linear regression analysisAtherosclerosisEarly markerAneurysm developmentAneurysms
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