Is carotid artery intima-media thickening a reliable marker of early atherosclerosis?
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Is carotid artery intima-media thickening a reliable marker of early atherosclerosis?
BACKGROUND It is widely believed that carotid artery intima-media thickening represents an early marker for the development of atheroma. However, carotid intima-media thickening might also be expected to occur in response to an increased tensile stress and decreased wall shear stress which may accompany physical exercise. DESIGN, METHODS, AND RESULTS In order to test this hypothesis 24 athlet...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)00677-4