Email this article THE THICKNESS OF THE INTIMA-MEDIA — A PREDICTOR OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
- Authors: Gaisenok O.V.1, Martsevich S.Y.2
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Affiliations:
- FGBU Joint Hospital and Polyclinic, Office of the President RF State Research Center of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health and Social Development
- State Research Center of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health and Social Development I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical Univercity
- Issue: Vol 5, No 4 (2011)
- Pages: 5-9
- Section: EDITORIAL
- Published: 16.07.2014
- URL: https://klinitsist.abvpress.ru/Klin/article/view/77
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/1818-8338-2011-4-5-9
- ID: 77
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Abstract
Intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries is a noninvasive marker of changes in the vascular wall, easily determined by means of duplex scanning of carotid arteries. The article deals with the data of international studies, confirming the importance of IMT as a predictor of coronary heart disease and to identify independent risk factor for cardiovascular events.
About the authors
O. V. Gaisenok
FGBU Joint Hospital and Polyclinic, Office of the President RFState Research Center of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health and Social Development
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Email: ogaisenok@gnicpm.ru
Russian Federation
S. Yu. Martsevich
State Research Center of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health and Social DevelopmentI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical Univercity
Russian Federation
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