Difference in Carotid Artery Wall Structure Between Swedish and French Men at Low and High Coronary Risk
Author(s) -
Nicolas Denarié,
Alain Simon,
Gilles Chironi,
Jérôme Gariépy,
L. Kumlin,
Marc Massonneau,
C. Lanoiselée,
Lennart Dimberg,
Jaime Levenson
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.32.8.1775
Subject(s) - medicine , intima media thickness , tunica media , framingham risk score , tunica intima , risk factor , cardiology , population , surgery , carotid arteries , disease , environmental health
We attempted to detect a group-specific north-south difference in carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), a marker of subsequent cardiovascular complication, by means of a case (high risk)-control (low risk) study in French and Swedish men.
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