The Association between Inflammatory Markers and Carotid Atherosclerosis Is Sex Dependent: the Tromsoe Study

Background: The presence of echolucent artery plaques is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events as compared to echogenic plaques. Whether inflammatory markers are associated with carotid plaque morphology is questioned. Methods: 5,341 individuals were examined with ultrasonography o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2009-04, Vol.27 (4), p.392-397
Hauptverfasser:	Halvorsen, Dag S, Johnsen, Stein H, Mathiesen, Ellisiv B, Njoelstad, Inger
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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