Cardiovascular risk in carotid disease: assessment of doppler sonography and biomarker results Risco cardiovascular e doença carotídea: avaliação de resultados de doppler e biomarcadores

INTRODUCTION: Atherosclerosis and correlated cardiovascular problems, whose mechanical and physiological disorders cause thickening and hardening of blood vessels, are among the main causes of death worldwide. OBJECTIVE: To assess plasma concentrations of biomarkers from the lipid metabolism and car...

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Main Authors: Rogério Jorge Barbosa de Oliveira, Ana Paula Caires dos Santos, Lázaro Silveira Santos Junior, Marcos Soares Vieira, Roque Aras Junior, Fábio David Couto, Ricardo David Couto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica 2013-02-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442013000100003