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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1671 |
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