Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: The ARIC Study and the CHS

Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: The ARIC Study and the CHS

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is associated with severe coronary heart disease in the great majority of cases. Whether carotid intima‐media thickness (C‐IMT), a known surrogate marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, is associated with risk of SCD in a general population remains unknown. The...

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Main Authors: Takeki Suzuki, Wanmei Wang, Anthony Wilsdon, Kenneth R. Butler, Selcuk Adabag, Michael E. Griswold, Vijay Nambi, Wayne Rosamond, Nona Sotoodehnia, Thomas H. Mosley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness
Epidemiology
Sudden Cardiac Death
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.016981

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