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Systemic Atherosclerosis Relate to Brain Arterial Diameters: The Northern Manhattan Study.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2017
Gutierrez Jose, Rundek Tatjana, Cheung Ken, Bagci Ahmet, Alperin Noam, Sacco Ralph L, Wright Clinton B, Elkind Mitchell S V, Di Tullio Marco R
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BACKGROUND: Phenotypic expressions of arterial disease vary throughout the body and it is not clear to what extent systemic atherosclerosis influences brain arterial remodeling. We aim to test the hypothesis that systemic atherosclerosis is associated with brain arterial diameters. METHODS: Stroke-free participants in the Northern Manhattan Study MRI subcohort in whom carotid ultrasound, transthoracic...
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