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Noninvasive phenotypes of atherosclerosis: similar windows but different views.
Stroke - 1 Mar 2004
Spence J David, Hegele Robert A
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis, such as carotid intima-media thickness, total carotid plaque area, and carotid stenosis, probably represent different phenotypes with distinct determinants. For instance, total carotid plaque area may reflect atherosclerotic lesion size more closely than carotid stenosis, which instead may reflect hemodynamic compromise within the arterial lumen....
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