Are structural brain changes driven by aortic atherosclerosis?

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands; School for Cardiovascular Disease (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands; School for Cardiovascular Disease (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands; Heart and Vascular Center, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.schram@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

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Marnix J M van Agtmaal et al. Atherosclerosis. 2017 Oct.

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. 2017 Oct:265:248-249.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 19.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands; School for Cardiovascular Disease (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands; School for Cardiovascular Disease (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands; Heart and Vascular Center, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.schram@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

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Keywords: Aortic plaque; Cognitive decline; Magnetic resonance imaging; Structural brain changes.

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