Does Reduced Carotid Intima Media Thickness Progression Predict Cardiovascular Risk Reduction?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Editorial

Prediman K Shah. Circulation. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 18;142(7):643-644.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048890. Epub 2020 Aug 17.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; acute myocardial infarction; cardiovascular diseases; carotid stenosis; tunica media.

Comment on

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