Sonographic normative values of carotid intima-media thickness in an adult Nigerian population

Sonographic normative values of carotid intima-media thickness in an adult Nigerian population

BACKGROUND: The thickness of the intima-media complex of the Common carotid artery (CCA) has been advanced as a reliable measurement of the degree of atherosclerosis in the CCA and the coronary artery. We set out to determine the baseline values of this complex in a Nigerian population so as to dete...

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Main Authors: S C Owoeye, C C Ani, S F Kenis, B C Ukaonu, G Odoh, A Angbalaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2017;volume=26;issue=4;spage=316;epage=319;aulast=Owoeye;type=0

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