Carotid stiffness and cerebrovascular disease: the physiology beyond the anatomy

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¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: lerman.amir@mayo.edu.

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Megha Prasad et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015.

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. 2015 Nov 10;66(19):2126-2128.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.023.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: lerman.amir@mayo.edu.

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Keywords: arterial stiffness; cardiovascular disease; endothelial function; risk classification.

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