Carotid Lumen Diameter Is Associated With All‐Cause Mortality in the General Population

Background Common carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT) is a biomarker for subclinical atherosclerosis and is associated with all‐cause as well as cardiovascular mortality. Higher cIMT is accompanied by a compensatory increase in lumen diameter (LD) of the common carotid arteries. Whether cIMT or LD...

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Main Authors: Felix Fritze, Stefan Groß, Till Ittermann, Henry Völzke, Stephan B. Felix, Ulf Schminke, Marcus Dörr, Martin Bahls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.015630