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Review

Carotid intima-media Thickness and Cardiovascular Risk

Farouk Mookadam1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ScottsdaleAZUSACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Weerawat Tanasunont1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ScottsdaleAZUSA
,
Uzma Jalal1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ScottsdaleAZUSA
,
Martina Mookadam1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ScottsdaleAZUSA
&
Susan Wilansky1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases Mayo Clinic ScottsdaleAZUSA
Pages 173-182 | Published online: 31 Mar 2011

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