Arterial stiffness index as a marker for the occurrence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Background: Arterial functional changes reflected by vascular stiffness might occur at early stages of cardiovascular disease before the morphological alterations reflected by increasing the intima media thickness and it is widely used as a very sensitive indicator of functional vascular damage. Ob...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine University of Baghdad
2016-04-01
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Series: | مجلة كلية الطب |
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Online Access: | http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/209 |