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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-08-01
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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 |