Relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and the echogenicity and pattern of the carotid intima-media complex in men

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The thickness of the carotid intima-media complex (C-IMC) is considered to be a marker of early atherosclerosis, but visual and echogenic changes to the C-IMC can also be noted. The objective here was to evaluate the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and the ec...

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Main Authors: Priscilla Lopes da Fonseca Abrantes Sarmento, Frida Liane Plavnik, Andrea Scaciota, Joab Oliveira Lima, Robson Barbosa Miranda, Sergio Aron Ajzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802014000200097&lng=en&tlng=en