Carotid Plaque Assessment Reclassifies Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease into Very-High Cardiovascular Risk

Carotid Plaque Assessment Reclassifies Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease into Very-High Cardiovascular Risk

<b> </b>The addition of carotid ultrasound into cardiovascular (CV) risk scores has been found to be effective in identifying patients with chronic inflammatory diseases at high-CV risk. We aimed to determine if its use would facilitate the reclassification of patients with inflammatory...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Hernández-Camba, Marta Carrillo-Palau, Laura Ramos, Noemi Hernández Alvarez-Buylla, Inmaculada Alonso-Abreu, Anjara Hernández-Pérez, Milagros Vela, Laura Arranz, Manuel Hernández-Guerra, Miguel Ángel González-Gay, Iván Ferraz-Amaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
inflammatory bowel disease
SCORE
carotid plaques
cardiovascular risk
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1671

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