Importance of arterial stiffness in predicting cardiovascular events
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Arterial stiffness, vascular disease, and risk of cardiovascular events.
Most cardiovascular morbid events are the consequence of a progressive vascular disease called atherosclerosis. This disease begins at an early age, probably initially with a defect or injury of the arterial endothelial protective function, and progresses with structural remodeling in the microcirculation and cellular and lipid accumulation in conduit arteries complicated by calcification, plaq...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2501-062X
DOI: 10.1515/rjim-2016-0043