Carotid artery intima media thickness, plaque and framingham cardiovascular score in Asia, Africa/Middle East and Latin America: the PARC-AALA Study
International journal of cardiac imagingPublished 20 December 2006
Pierre‐Jean Touboul, Rafael Hernández-Hernández, Serdar Küçükoğlu, Kam-Sang Woo, Éric Vicaut, Julien Labreuche
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The PARC-AALA study confirms the correlation between CCAIMT and FCS in three different populations and indicates that intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque evaluation may represent a complementary predictive tool for detection of cardiovascular disease in individuals.
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The PARC-AALA study confirms the correlation between CCAIMT and FCS in three different populations. Intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque evaluation may represent a complementary predictive tool for detection of cardiovascular disease in individuals.
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